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The Hatch document properties manage loaded hatch patterns in the current Rhino model.

Options

Use Hatch Scaling

Enabled

Hatch patterns in model viewports are scaled by the Model Space Scale value.
Hatch patterns in detail views display with the same scale regardless of the zoom factor.

Disabled

Hatch patterns will not scale.

Model Space Scale

The scale factor for hatch patterns in model viewports.

These hatch scaling settings can be changed by the HatchScale command.
This setting is only used when Use Hatch Scaling is enabled.
This setting only affects hatch patterns that have their Pattern Scale set to Layout Units (Drafting).

Copy

Creates a new hatch pattern from the selected one.

Delete

Deletes the selected hatch pattern.

Default hatch patterns cannot be deleted.

Purge

Deletes unused hatch patterns.

Import

Imports hatch patterns from a .3dm or .pat file.

PAT 3.0 format is supported.

A PAT 3.0 file must include VERSION, UNITS, and TYPE declarations at the beginning of the file, like this:

;%VERSION=3.0

;%UNITS=(Can be MM or INCH)

;%TYPE=(Can be MODEL or DRAFTING)

Actions

Check the checkboxes of the hatch patterns to import.
Click the +/- button in the column header to check or uncheck all hatch patterns.

Search

Lists only the hatch patterns that have the input text in their names.

Pattern

Name

The hatch pattern name.

See: Naming conventions in Rhino

Print and Display

Pattern Scale

Specifies whether the hatch pattern uses Model Units or Layout Units.

This setting is only available when Use Hatch Scaling is enabled.
If a hatch pattern is set to use Model Units, it is not affected by Use Hatch Scaling.