Generating A Hatch Boundary; Redefining A Hatch Boundary - Autodesk 24108-051400-9000 - AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite 2008 User Manual

Generating a Hatch Boundary

Use this procedure to generate a boundary for a hatch whose original boundary has been deleted or moved during the
course of other drawing operations. The boundary generated by this procedure is an AEC Polygon, which is created
with the POLYGON layer key. AEC Polygons are also created for any islands within the selected hatch. These AEC
Polygons remain selected after you generate the boundary, so you can directly manipulate them into the desired
configuration. You can then apply the hatch to the new boundary configuration using the Set Boundary option, as
described under Redefining a Hatch
1 Select the hatch.
2 Right-click, and select Generate Boundary.
All grips are displayed for any AEC Polygons created.
TIP If you want to generate a polyline copy of an AEC Polygon created by this process, select the AEC Polygon,
right-click, and click Convert To
Generating a hatch boundary

Redefining a Hatch Boundary

Use this procedure to redefine the boundaries of associative or non-associative hatches based on any selected
closed-boundary linework. In cases where a non-associative hatch originally filled closed-boundary linework, but the
linework was subsequently stretched or moved, this procedure lets you expand or reposition the hatch to fill the new
boundary.
You can also use this procedure to extend or move a hatch from one boundary to others. (If you do not also select the
linework currently bounding the hatch, the hatch is moved from the original boundary to the other boundaries that
you select.) The linework you select for the new hatch boundaries can be AEC Polygons, closed polylines, circles, text,
or multiline text (Mtext).
1 Select the hatch.
2 Right-click, and click Set Boundary.
3 Select the linework, and press
4 Press to keep the selected linework, or enter y (Yes) to erase it.
ENTER
The selected hatch is applied within all selected boundaries.
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Polyline.
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ENTER
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