mealexmail Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Hello guys, long time no see. I am struggling 2nd day already to find a way of getting custom patterns in CA. It is just terrible! What I've tried already: - hatchkit tool (dreadfully awkward) - coding in a txt file renaming it to pat then (not for complex patterns but for dot-line styles) - making superhatch in autocad and trying to GETPAT it from there (no success since it doesn't accept exporting shapes, hatch only) - trying to put it to dxf and getting sections from there using txt editor (just dropped it after 3am) Dear Big Brain, please help! What I need is very simple: to draw shapes and turn them into custom PATs which will be available for import to CA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 HatchKit is a fabulous program once you get the hang of it. You can either draw the patterns in HatchKit and create a new pattern file; or you can draw in Chief, export as DXF, import into HatchKit, and then create a pattern file from that. I would suggest you give it another go. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mealexmail Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 Thank you .. Well, you were right: I have given another round to Hatchkit and found it useful to my purposes. It is kinda edgy but works really well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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