Is there a way to select an object first, say a polygon, and somehow hatch inside this polygon without having to first select the hatch icon or command?
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I am asking this for a coworker so.....
What she wants to do is to utilize microsoft Access program where there is a database. In this database she can choose many different objects, actually addresses which correspond to objects in autocad, which have data associated with them. So out of 5000 or more addresses, she will choose 5, 10 or more which then highlights them in autocad. At this point she wants to add hatch. To go through these steps first and get to the highlighted areas, then choose the hatch icon, then nullifies the highlited objects.