Hatching Techniques
Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 12:56 am
I am running Professional 2.2.2.0 on Ubuntu. I am enjoying the the learning curve and find most controls very effective and easy to use.
But "Hatching" seems to be obtuse and hit and miss. My conclusion is therefore that there must be an easier way or techniques I do not know about that I need to learn
I have read through the forums and even googled the web but there does not seem to be a whole lot written on the subject.
I make a lot of use of single & parallel lines to get the shapes and then refine from there. I don't seem to be able to effectively and quickly create the contour as per step 1 of the help file
"...Prepare the entities that surround the hatching area so they form a closed contour. The contour must be closed in a way that one entity is connected to the next one as shown in the right sketch of Figure 45...."
Which is daft because the controls are there
I would be grateful for others experiences/guidance on how to use this feature
Cheers
centec2b
But "Hatching" seems to be obtuse and hit and miss. My conclusion is therefore that there must be an easier way or techniques I do not know about that I need to learn
I have read through the forums and even googled the web but there does not seem to be a whole lot written on the subject.
I make a lot of use of single & parallel lines to get the shapes and then refine from there. I don't seem to be able to effectively and quickly create the contour as per step 1 of the help file
"...Prepare the entities that surround the hatching area so they form a closed contour. The contour must be closed in a way that one entity is connected to the next one as shown in the right sketch of Figure 45...."
Which is daft because the controls are there
I would be grateful for others experiences/guidance on how to use this feature
Cheers
centec2b