ChiefuserMathews Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Hi, Is it possible to hatch like shown in the attached image in CA? How do I achieve that in CA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Yes. Just use a polyline with the invisible line style...should be the 6th choice from the top. It's hard to see....because its invisible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefuserMathews Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 Robert, thanks for your reply. But if you look into my attachment hatching is not covered the whole area. I need only near the inside perimeter of the outline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 5 minutes ago, ChiefuserMathews said: I need only near the inside perimeter of the outline So cut a hole inside the perimeter, or shrink the polyline to the size you want and wrap it around the inside of the walls. BTW...it's just a hatch pattern. IS there an "auto" way to do it? No. Is it time consuming...ehh..probably, but can be done really easily. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgardner Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 6 minutes ago, ChiefuserMathews said: Robert, thanks for your reply. But if you look into my attachment hatching is not covered the whole area. I need only near the inside perimeter of the outline What he was saying is you can do the polyline then break it and form it to the area you want. --- Joey beat me to it and explained other easy ways to do it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefuserMathews Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 Thank you all, again I dont want to see the inside polyline. I tried to cut a hole, I used polyline subtraction. with all these steps I still get a line inside which I dont need. Any help?. See the attached image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Change it to white, or use the invisible line type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefuserMathews Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 it is in invisible line type, tried to change it to white. still it is showing up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 I'm not sure what you have done, but this is a really basic CAD operation. Do you have the line type and color set to BY LAYER? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefuserMathews Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 Thanks Joey, what I did is selected the exterior polyline and used the fill style in the pattern type as hatch, angle, then drew another polyline inside to make a hole. Is that how it should be done? or did I do anything wrong? Appreciate your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 I simply drew my polyline along the wall and copy/pasted it along the other walls and then used the polyline join tool to create 1 box. Set the lie weight to 0 and made it the same color as the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefuserMathews Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 but how did you hatched it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Drew a square and filled it with the hatch. Size accordingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefuserMathews Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 Joey, thanks for all your help. But I could not achieve that. I selected the outside polyline used the fill style pattern. But how did you created the hole without displaying the interior lines. Thats where I am struggling with. Could you please explain. Sorry to bother you, I am not an expert in CA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 have both polylines created. click on outer polyline. select Polyline Subtraction tool. (look for it click inner polyline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefuserMathews Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 Thanks Robert, I tried that. But the inside polyline remains there, which I dont want to see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 1 minute ago, ChiefuserMathews said: Thanks Robert, I tried that. But the inside polyline remains there, which I dont want to see Then you're doing it wrong. The inner polyline will inherit the line style settings of the outer line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefuserMathews Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 Thats what I dont get it. Yes it is inheriting the line style setting of the outer line. Could you please guide me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Just now, ChiefuserMathews said: Thats what I dont get it. Yes it is inheriting the line style setting of the outer line. Could you please guide me? Just select the 'invisible' line style for the polyline. It should be the 6th choice from the top of the drop down menu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefuserMathews Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 Robert, I tried all that several times. see attached image. Interior line still displays. I dont know why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 I didn't cut a hole. Mine are 4 boxes that I quickly sized and joined together with the POLYLINE UNION tool. Maybe that's why you are getting a different result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 But, even when I cut a hole, I just select the left over polyline, and make the line the same color as my background, and set the lineweight to 0. When you made the hole, did you tell it to DELETE THE ORIGINAL POLYLINE when it asked you to? You will need to let it delete that original so that you are only left with what you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgardner Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Is it possible you have separate copies in the same place and that is why you are seeing it even though the one shows the invisible line style? Joey's method of doing separate boxes (set the one and copy around the border) then joining them all together seems like the easiest way unless you have a very rectangular room without a lot of jogs to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Polyline Subtraction.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 This video is closer to what @ChiefuserMathews is trying to accomplish: Polyline Subtraction2.mp4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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