Five Favorite Hatch Helpers///  for AutoCAD Users  ///

Wondering how to give the various materials in your drawings just the right look? Try a custom hatch pattern!The examples included here are longtime favorites of AutoCAD users, who have downloaded these classic Cadalyst CADTips thousands of times. Simply download one of the classics above, or craft your own with the LISP routines below.

If you’ve ever tried to create a hatch pattern by hand,you know that it's not that easy to make anythinginteresting. Hatch Maker is a nifty LISP utility that canchange that for you.

This LISP program makes brick hatch patterns. The input you supply to define the patternincludes the file name, brick length, heights, joint size, and brick overlap option.

Tip #2065: Hatch MakerBy Lanny Schiele  

Tip #1846: Rock WallHatch Pattern 

 By Watson Kilbourne  

Tip #1615:Asphalt Hatch

 By John Harwood    

Tip #2237:Metal Hatch Patterns By Carter Heaner    

Tip #2276: Brick Hatch GeneratorBy Raymond Rizkallah 

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without written permission of the publisher. Hatch images provided by Kent Cooper.

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