Topic: Boundrey-less hatch

[hyposmurf]

Anyone know how to hatch an area ,so it has no boundary?Im hoping to have a grille show the wire mesh in just the odd corner but without a boundary round it.I've seen it somewhere,just havent the time to be looking all night on the net and need to get the rest of my drawing finished so I can sleep .

[daron]

Draw the boundary. Make sure it's not associative hatch and erase the boundary. That or have the boundary on a separate layer and freeze it after you create the hatch.

[hyposmurf]

Cheers Daron,just couldnt think of it at the time,while in a rush.Now I can catch a bit of kip before I'm back to work  

[CAB]

If you use the 'hatch' command which is a command line, not bhatch.
Answer all the prompts and when it ask to "Select Object"
just press enter.
See below as I created a circle hatch with no boundry.

Command: hatch

Enter a pattern name or [?/Solid/User defined] <ANSI31>:

Specify a scale for the pattern <10.0000>: 50

Specify an angle for the pattern <0.0000>:
Select objects to define hatch boundary or <direct hatch>,

Select objects:

Retain polyline boundary? [Yes/No] <N>:

Specify start point:
Specify next point or [Arc/Close/Length/Undo]: a

Enter an arc boundary option
[Angle/CEnter/CLose/Direction/Line/Radius/Second pt/Undo/Endpoint of arc]
<Endpoint>:
Enter an arc boundary option
[Angle/CEnter/CLose/Direction/Line/Radius/Second pt/Undo/Endpoint of arc]
<Endpoint>: cl

Specify start point for new boundary or <apply hatch>: