Creates a pattern of lines to fill a selected bounding curves.
Steps:
Select closed planar curves.
Specify the pattern, scale, and rotation.
Options
Boundary
Click inside a closed boundary to hatch that area.
DeleteInput
None
Deletes no input curves.
All
Deletes all input curves.
Used
Deletes only the parts of the input curves that correspond to the newly-created curves.
CombineRegions
Yes
Selected regions combine to create a single hatch.
No
Each region is hatched separately.
Pattern
The defined hatch pattern.
Pattern Rotation
Rotation angle for hatch pattern.
Pattern Scale
Scale for the hatch pattern.
Notes:
If the curves are all on the same plane, the hatch always is drawn on the plane of the curves.
If the curves are not planar, the hatch is drawn on the construction plane.
Note: Hatch pattern files are located in the Rhino Support folder.
Hatch patterns
Hatch patterns that are loaded in a model are saved with the model. Hatch patterns can also be included in template files.
Use the Properties command, Hatch page to change an existing hatch pattern, rotation, or scale.
When you run the Hatch command, the list of patterns is made up from what ever is in the .3dm file and the patterns in the text file hatchpatterns*.txt.
Edit the hatch definition file HatchPatterns_*.txt (_* = 1033 for English).
Remove unwanted hatch patterns from the file with the Purge command.
To use hatch patterns defined in another Rhino model
Edit the hatch definition file HatchPatterns_1033.txt (for English).
Import a model that contains the hatch pattern definitions (this can be a blank model).
Define hatch patterns in the template files.
Copy an object with the hatch pattern and paste it into your current model.
Dimension > Hatch Dimension > Hatch |