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CAD Forums => CAD General => Topic started by: whdjr on May 05, 2008, 02:01:33 PM

Title: Prompting for hatch origin
Post by: whdjr on May 05, 2008, 02:01:33 PM

Does anyone know of a way to force the hatch command to prompt you for an origin with each use of the command?

Title: Re: Prompting for hatch origin
Post by: Shinyhead on May 05, 2008, 02:08:41 PM

-bhatch;o;\

this runs it in command line mode.
make a macro and add all the specifics for the pattern and scale you want and it makes a nice button macro for your hatch routines.

Title: Re: Prompting for hatch origin
Post by: Kate M on May 05, 2008, 02:10:07 PM

There's an "origin" option in the command line version, which I'm sure you could trigger with a macro or LISP...? Or combine it with the HPORIGIN variable...

Title: Re: Prompting for hatch origin
Post by: whdjr on May 06, 2008, 07:56:58 AM

Thanks guys, and girls.  I'll see what I can come up with.

Title: Re: Prompting for hatch origin
Post by: alanjt on May 06, 2008, 08:20:09 AM

for the few hatches i use, i just made a quick routine that will let me choose b/w the three hatches i use most (concrete, building, parking areas). then i can just pick the points it does all the hatching and layer placing for me (also sets the origin with the "pick point inside area to hatch"). it's all done through -hatch