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T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

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Detailing Elements<br />

HATCHES AND FILLS<br />

Hatches and Fills<br />

Hatches and fills are created by the command “H: Create Hatch”. Hatches are used, besides the primary<br />

purpose, as a means of various manipulations: as contours for hidden line removal, as profiles and as base<br />

data for creating three-dimensional models (in T-<strong>FLEX</strong> <strong>CAD</strong> 3D only).<br />

The hatch or fill area may consist of a single or<br />

multiple contours. The left diagram shows a<br />

single-contour hatch, and the right one – a threecontour<br />

hatch.<br />

Since the contour lines are “tied” to construction<br />

elements, modifications of the latter result in<br />

appropriate adjustment of the boundaries of hatch<br />

contours.<br />

Various hatch attributes provide control over the contour filling pattern, ranging from standard to special<br />

technical ones to even various artistic types. Fills provide filling of the profile area with the specified color.<br />

Custom hatch types can be defined if not found among the standard ones provided by T-<strong>FLEX</strong> <strong>CAD</strong>. See<br />

details in the chapter “Creating user-defined lines and hatches”.<br />

Applying Hatches<br />

Enter the command “H: Create Hatch”. The command is called as:<br />

Keyboard Textual Menu Icon<br />

“Draw|Hatch”<br />

The following options are available to the user:<br />

, Free mode on/off toggle<br />

Set Hatch parameters<br />

Automatic Contour scan parameters<br />

Automatic Contour search mode<br />

Manual Contour input mode<br />

Select Node (in Manual Contour input mode)<br />

<br />

Select Line (in Manual Contour input mode)<br />

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