Topic: clever hatching ideas needed

[deegeecees]

If the text is raster, then draw the rectangles first and use them as islands, that way you don't have to go back to it with trim.

the problem is i'm playing clean up... the hatching is already in place, i get to go and 'make it pretty'

Ewww. Get a hold of the lacky who did that to you.

i'm the lacky here

Well then, get a hold of yourself.

 

[Josh Nieman]

If the text is raster, then draw the rectangles first and use them as islands, that way you don't have to go back to it with trim.

the problem is i'm playing clean up... the hatching is already in place, i get to go and 'make it pretty'

Ewww. Get a hold of the lacky who did that to you.

i'm the lacky here

Well then, get a hold of yourself.

 

But do that on your own time... some employers may not take kindly to doin' that at the office.

[uncoolperson]

Does the text, whether it be a single line or mtext have boundery points?

If so I would think a program can be written that uses those points as your trim boundry and remove the hatch within it.

So that all you have to do is select the hatch.

the text is part of the raster (scan from the existing wire diagram, we hatch stuff to remove then draw in the new stuff)

[Greg B]

Does the text, whether it be a single line or mtext have boundery points?

If so I would think a program can be written that uses those points as your trim boundry and remove the hatch within it.

So that all you have to do is select the hatch.

the text is part of the raster (scan from the existing wire diagram, we hatch stuff to remove then draw in the new stuff)

Then how about a small lisp or vba that will automagically clip out the hatch right after you window the text?

[uncoolperson]

that's the route i'm thinking of going

just thinking through all the problems i'll run into before diving in