Drawing a border around a hatch pattern

[Happy Trails]

Is there an easy way for an Acad freshman to do this? I want an
polyline outline of a the fire route roadways through a parking lot,
and what I have is the hatched area.


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[Happy Trails]

On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 18:10:45 -0400, Happy Trails
<undisclosed@obscure.com> wrote: I want anpolyline outline of a the fire route roadways through a parking lot,and what I have is the hatched area.


Ooopsie!

No need.

For some unfathomable reason, and with an amazing degree of foresight,
Terramodel imported this particular hatch pattern as a border rather
than the fuzzy stuff with which it was drawn in Acad. Possibly
because of the way it was originally formed in Acad? (arcs as well as
straight edges?)

Or perhaps the original author drew the border for his hatching then
"hid" it, and I did not notice this in the Acad drawing.

It is distinctly odd given that other hatch patterns on the same layer
- those shading in the building pads - were imported as a zillion
straight lines, with no borders! (The buildings have "borders" on
other layers!)

Any suggestions from the Acad experts as to how these would have been
drawn in the first place? Perhaps it might help explain why Tm did
exactly the right thing upon importation. Or are my
assumptions/conjectures/whatever above correct?

- Tom




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[Niko]

Happy Trails wrote: Is there an easy way for an Acad freshman to do this? I want an polyline outline of a the fire route roadways through a parking lot, and what I have is the hatched area. Happy Trails To You
Hatching always requires a border to define the hatched area. Isolate
this border via layer and create the polyline(s) from its segments.
Niko

[Happy Trails]

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 15:57:09 GMT, Niko <nickc@sbcworld.com> wrote:
Happy Trails wrote: Is there an easy way for an Acad freshman to do this? I want an polyline outline of a the fire route roadways through a parking lot, and what I have is the hatched area.Hatching always requires a border to define the hatched area. Isolatethis border via layer and create the polyline(s) from its segments.

Niko

Does Acad then not actually show the border after you hatch the area?

Or would it have been an overt (or covert) act on the part of the
draftsman to hide the border?

I didn't see it in Acad, but it showed up when I imported the dwg into
Terramodel.

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[Mike R.]

"Happy Trails" <undisclosed@obscure.com> wrote in message
news:pejbj19bjcpg5ao9geusa03sc78ok4kgs9@4ax.com... Is there an easy way for an Acad freshman to do this? I want an polyline outline of a the fire route roadways through a parking lot, and what I have is the hatched area. Happy Trails To You

I can suggest 2 methods. The first being to use a lisp routine called
'Hatch Border LISP 2' available here:
htthttp://www.digitalcad.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=6939 It has minor
limitations with respect to splines though.

The second is built into Autocad 2006 (not sure about 2005). In the hatch
edit dialogue box select the "Recreate Boundary" button. You are then also
given the option to associate the hatch to the new boundary. Very
convenient IMHO.

Mike

[Evan]

On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 08:28:51 -0400, "Mike R."
<mrioux@e-architect.siht-evomer.com> wrote:
"Happy Trails" <undisclosed@obscure.com> wrote in messagenews:pejbj19bjcpg5ao9geusa03sc78ok4kgs9@4ax.com... Is there an easy way for an Acad freshman to do this? I want an polyline outline of a the fire route roadways through a parking lot, and what I have is the hatched area. Happy Trails To YouI can suggest 2 methods. The first being to use a lisp routine called'Hatch Border LISP 2' available here:htthttp://www.digitalcad.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=6939 It has minorlimitations with respect to splines though.The second is built into Autocad 2006 (not sure about 2005). In the hatchedit dialogue box select the "Recreate Boundary" button. You are then alsogiven the option to associate the hatch to the new boundary. Veryconvenient IMHO.Mike

It does not exist in 2005.