Creating the patterns in separate files ensures that if the software is re-installed these files are not over written. Flembond.pat) and placed in the support folder where the acad.pat and acadiso.pat are located.ĭo not edit these files (acad.pat or acadiso.pat) and add the code to them. This should be saved to its own *.pat file (e.g. The edited *.pat file then looks like this The resulting dimensioned layout is as follows. My new hatch pattern required brick sizes of 240 x 50 and 115 x 50 and a mortar thickness of 15mm. To understand and verify the offset distances you can create a dimensioned layout of the existing hatch pattern. To fully understand this I have illustrated each character set. *HBFLEMET,Brickworkflemishbond Free patterns from 0,0,10,0,150,215,-122.5Įach line of code represents a line in the hatch pattern. To edit the *.pat, you open it in Notepad. The file that I found had brick sizes of 215 x 65 and 102.5 x 65 and a 10mm mortar thickness. If you followed the steps above to add your hatch folder to the Support File Search Path, your hatches will appear in this list. The Hatch Creation ribbon includes a Pattern panel that shows thumbnails of all available hatches. They then said they wanted specific brick sizes, so I replied that you can just edit the file to represent the brick size you require. The hatch will be highlighted, and the Hatch Creation ribbon will open at the top of your AutoCAD interface. When I was asked to create a Flemish bond hatch pattern, my immediate response was that if you search the internet you will find one that already exists and I did.
