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Free Hatch Patterns by John Hyslop

Post by John Hyslop » Sat Nov 19, 2022 5:00 am

Hi All

I have a collection of hatch patterns spread over quite a few pages :shock:
So after a little bit of persuasion I have decided to upload a complete set to date. :D
Since build 3.24 Qcad & Qcad/CAM some of my patterns have been included so I see no need to include the "PAT" files but I have included a catalogue for your convenience.
These are the PAT files to date uploaded on this topic, I will continue to upload single patterns but when I get to the next full page I'll upload a new catalogue including an updated set of "PAT" files.
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These are my Hatch files that are already included in Qcad..
Qcad Hatch Pattern Catalogue.pdf
(210.55 KiB) Downloaded 4390 times
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These are my forum uploads not included in Qcad.
Forum Hatch Pattern Catalogue - 19-11-22.pdf
(287.51 KiB) Downloaded 3415 times
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These are all the PAT files from my forum uploads Metric & Imperial..
My Current Metric Hatch Patterns - 19-11-22.zip
(79.93 KiB) Downloaded 3298 times
My Current Imperial Hatch Patterns - 19-11-22 .zip
(69.08 KiB) Downloaded 2664 times
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I hope this makes it easier for you all..

Cheers
John
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Re: Free Hatch Patterns

Post by John Hyslop » Sun Nov 20, 2022 10:35 am

Hi All
I thought I may as well add these too, then you'll all have a complete catalogue of available hatch patterns..

Qcad Standard Original Hatch Pattern Collection
The hatch patterns in this catalogue are included in Qcad & Qcad/Cam prior
to build 3.24 (© 2011-2022 RibbonSoft, GmbH.) before any of my additions..
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Original Standard Qcad Hatch Patterns.pdf
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Cheers
John Hyslop
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Re: Free Hatch Patterns

Post by John Hyslop » Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:47 am

Hi All

This topic has been tidied up as requested "thank you" :)
Here are the images relating to the downloads above, I've added these as a reference so they can be viewed online prior to any downloads, you can then easily see which patterns you may be interested in without downloading them blindly.
I hope this makes it easier for anyone interested in them.
The files below are in PNG format ... and are named appropriately..

Happy Hatching :D
John Hyslop
Available in page PDF format in the first two posts.
Qcad - My Cusom Hatch Patterns From the Forum.png
Qcad - My Cusom Hatch Patterns From the Forum.png (1.1 MiB) Viewed 100445 times
Available in page PDF format in the first two posts.
Qcad - My Hatch Patterns - Pre-Installed Since 3.24.png
Qcad - My Hatch Patterns - Pre-Installed Since 3.24.png (729.22 KiB) Viewed 100445 times
Available in page PDF format in the first two posts.
Qcad - Standard Original Hatch Patterns.png
Qcad - Standard Original Hatch Patterns.png (712.28 KiB) Viewed 100445 times
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Re: Free Hatch Patterns by John Hyslop

Post by John Hyslop » Thu Dec 07, 2023 7:14 am

Many Thanks Husky :)
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Re: Free Hatch Patterns by John Hyslop

Post by Husky » Thu Dec 07, 2023 5:37 pm

John Hyslop wrote:
Thu Dec 07, 2023 7:14 am
Many Thanks Husky :)
You're quite welcome! :wink:
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Re: Free Hatch Patterns by John Hyslop

Post by John Hyslop » Wed Sep 18, 2024 7:54 am

Hey All

It's been a while since my last post in this topic so here's a hatch that can be used for terrain or cliff faces or whatever you like :)
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Terrain - Metric and Imperial.zip
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Terrain.png
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Happy Hatching :D
Cheers
John
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Re: Free Hatch Patterns by John Hyslop

Post by CVH » Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:12 am

Nice job you two :P , I see already a max cloning load of 5 for some entries.
306 entries and a total cloning load of 714 per tile starts to show some latency when rendering for somewhat larger areas.

Meaning that you are supporting more orientations.
4 tiles to the right an 1 tile up is then atan(1/4) = 14.0362434679264...°
The amount of clones to shift one tile up in any direction is then 1+4=5.

The fix to the QCAD logo pattern comes to my mind.
14.036243,1.96,17.92,24.44759098,-6.11189774,1.15446958,-102.7477923
Can also be written as:
14.0362434679264,1.96,17.92,-24.4475910036623,6.11189775091559,1.15446958,-102.747792185565 (Tile2Hatch, Full FP, Load:5)
Being more stable in the long run by the negation of 2 values, not taken into account that the definition is more precise with more decimals.

This was something detected when mimicking the results of Hatchkit patterns.
When to inverse and when not has to do with the angle ... I need to verify my Tile2Hatch code for that.

For the record: 25.2 by 25.2 tiles, 4 right and 1 up are point per point 103.902261765565 apart.
The sum of the dash and the space of the example is somewhat more: 103.9022619 :wink:

Regards,
CVH
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Re: Free Hatch Patterns by John Hyslop

Post by John Hyslop » Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:35 am

Cool 😎
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Re: Free Hatch Patterns by John Hyslop

Post by John Hyslop » Fri Mar 14, 2025 10:24 am

Hi All :D

How about this purr-fectly groovy hatch pattern for all the cat lovers out there? 🐱

Created using our free, simple, and easy-to-use basic hatch pattern maker—Version 1.5 is now available for download!

👉 Grab it here:
https://qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php? ... =15#p46115

Happy Hatching! 😺
John & PeteVick
If you only want this hatch pattern, here it is below, in the zipper..
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BPM - Cat Paving - Metric and Imperial.zip
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Cat Paving Hatch.png
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Re: Free Hatch Patterns by John Hyslop

Post by John Hyslop » Sun Mar 16, 2025 8:33 am

Hey All,

This is the same pattern as above but with less density :) Happy Hatching :D
John & Pete
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Re: Free Hatch Patterns by John Hyslop

Post by John Hyslop » Tue Jun 10, 2025 3:26 am

Hey all,

I needed to apply a hatch to an Inventor drawing (yes, these hatches can be used in Autodesk Inventor too! :wink: ).
While doing that, I noticed an issue: the PLATE-05 Type A metric hatch was showing 4 bars instead of 5 :oops:

Since 5-bar tread plate is one of the most commonly used types here in Australia, and I needed it for a job yesterday, I went ahead and fixed it.

I've attached the corrected version—just overwrite the existing metric one with this:
PLATE-05A - Metric - Corrected.zip
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Here’s the job I was working on (screenshot below):
Tread Plate 5 Bar Correction.png
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Cheers
John
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