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Bob
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Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:04 am Post subject:
Custom Hatch Patterns not showing up in ACAD 2005 |
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I've added a hatch pattern to the ACAD.PAT file, but I can't for the life of
me figure how to get this to show-up in ACAD without opening the ACAD.PAT
file in DesignCenter and dragging the hatch pattern into an area that I want
hatched. Even after I do this and it hatches the area the way it should,
ACAD still does not find the new hatch pattern.
What's the secret?
Any feedback is very much appreciated. Thank you in advance,
Bob
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Bob
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Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:05 am Post subject:
Re: Custom Hatch Patterns not showing up in ACAD 2005 |
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Sorry I don't like to be late for meetings.
"Bill DeShawn" <bdeshawn@nospamsterling.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Hey, Bob. That's not fair. Fix your date!
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Bill DeShawn
bdeshawn@nospamsterling.net
http://my.sterling.net~bdeshawn
"Bob" <nospam@nospam.nospam> wrote in message news:41e324b2_3@newsprd01...
I've added a hatch pattern to the ACAD.PAT file, but I can't for the life
of
me figure how to get this to show-up in ACAD without opening the ACAD.PAT
file in DesignCenter and dragging the hatch pattern into an area that I
want
hatched. Even after I do this and it hatches the area the way it should,
ACAD still does not find the new hatch pattern.
What's the secret?
Any feedback is very much appreciated. Thank you in advance,
Bob
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Bob
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Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:05 am Post subject:
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Alright Hugh.
I got this to work. Didn't work at first because there was no carriage
return at the end of line 3. Your instructions made it simple.
I had hoped to use this to get around some bugs with how ACAD handles
ActiveX. I've been trying to write a program to auto-create parts in a
separate session of ACAD (that is not active). I've had a hell of a time
changing hatch scales, text alignments, and in some cases changing an
object's layer properties. I've tried both vla and vlax commands; release
objects; etc. Keep getting inexplicable errors that I can't repeat when
using the same code with ActiveDocument.
Even though I can now get ACAD to find my custom hatch pattern (defined so
that scaling isn't required) I still get errors. Solid fill and left
justified text will just have to do.
Thanks again!
"Hugh Adamson" <hughnospam@nospamcadro.com.au> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Bob,
do you default to metric measurement which defaults to searching the file
ACADISO.PAT?
It's often simpler from a management POV to keep custom hatch patterns in
separate files (one pattern per file, pattern name must match filename)
stored on the AutoCAD support file path. You should be able to access such
files in DesignCenter or, as Walt just mentioned, > go to hatch and
predefined and then search (three little dots)<.
Hugh Adamson
www.cadro.com.au/hatchkit/
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Walt Engle
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Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:05 am Post subject:
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Assuming you have put your pattern in folder Autocad can find, go to hatch and
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Bill DeShawn
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Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:05 am Post subject:
Re: Custom Hatch Patterns not showing up in ACAD 2005 |
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Hey, Bob. That's not fair. Fix your date!
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Bill DeShawn
bdeshawn@nospamsterling.net
http://my.sterling.net~bdeshawn
"Bob" <nospam@nospam.nospam> wrote in message news:41e324b2_3@newsprd01...
| Quote: | I've added a hatch pattern to the ACAD.PAT file, but I can't for the life
of
me figure how to get this to show-up in ACAD without opening the ACAD.PAT
file in DesignCenter and dragging the hatch pattern into an area that I
want
hatched. Even after I do this and it hatches the area the way it should,
ACAD still does not find the new hatch pattern.
What's the secret?
Any feedback is very much appreciated. Thank you in advance,
Bob
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Hugh Adamson
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Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:05 am Post subject:
Re: Custom Hatch Patterns not showing up in ACAD 2005 |
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Bob,
do you default to metric measurement which defaults to searching the file
ACADISO.PAT?
It's often simpler from a management POV to keep custom hatch patterns in
separate files (one pattern per file, pattern name must match filename)
stored on the AutoCAD support file path. You should be able to access such
files in DesignCenter or, as Walt just mentioned, > go to hatch and
predefined and then search (three little dots)<.
Hugh Adamson
www.cadro.com.au/hatchkit/ |
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Stephen Rhodes
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Tue Jan 11, 2005 5:37 pm Post subject:
Re: Custom Hatch Patterns not showing up in ACAD 2005 |
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Hi Bob,
It could just be that you have changed an acad.pat file that autocad is not
using.
The quickest solution is to use search in windows to find all occurrences of
acad.pat then copy your changed file to each location.
Remember also that autocad may be using acadiso.pat and not acad.pat,
depending on your drawing defaults. Try making the same change to the
acadiso.pat files too.
Hope this helps.
Steve Rhodes
"Bob" <nospam@nospam.nospam> wrote in message news:41e324b2_3@newsprd01...
| Quote: | I've added a hatch pattern to the ACAD.PAT file, but I can't for the life
of me figure how to get this to show-up in ACAD without opening the
ACAD.PAT file in DesignCenter and dragging the hatch pattern into an area
that I want hatched. Even after I do this and it hatches the area the way
it should, ACAD still does not find the new hatch pattern.
What's the secret?
Any feedback is very much appreciated. Thank you in advance,
Bob
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Casey Roberts
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Tue Jan 11, 2005 9:22 pm Post subject:
Re: Custom Hatch Patterns not showing up in ACAD 2005 |
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or just (findfile "acad.pat") at the command prompt and see if that's the
one you modified.
Casey
"Stephen Rhodes" <rhodesign@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:41e3c877$1_2@newsprd01...
| Quote: | Hi Bob,
It could just be that you have changed an acad.pat file that autocad is
not
using.
The quickest solution is to use search in windows to find all occurrences
of
acad.pat then copy your changed file to each location.
Remember also that autocad may be using acadiso.pat and not acad.pat,
depending on your drawing defaults. Try making the same change to the
acadiso.pat files too.
Hope this helps.
Steve Rhodes
"Bob" <nospam@nospam.nospam> wrote in message news:41e324b2_3@newsprd01...
I've added a hatch pattern to the ACAD.PAT file, but I can't for the
life
of me figure how to get this to show-up in ACAD without opening the
ACAD.PAT file in DesignCenter and dragging the hatch pattern into an
area
that I want hatched. Even after I do this and it hatches the area the
way
it should, ACAD still does not find the new hatch pattern.
What's the secret?
Any feedback is very much appreciated. Thank you in advance,
Bob
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