


It is advised that you take a copy of the original and keep it untouched, just in case the modifications cause any issues. From now on you have access to your custom hatch pattern in the drop-down box within your “Area Hatch/Fill” command. For example instead of selecting a standard hatch pattern and changing its angle each time, you can edit your “sldwks.ptn” file and copy and paste the standard hatch pattern and then change the angle of that. Now if you open this file with notepad, it provides instruction in the header of the file on how to create your own custom hatch patterns. A file exists within the installation directory for the version of SOLIDWORKS you are using (C:\Program Files\SolidWorks Corp\SolidWorks\Lang\English) called “ sldwks.ptn” which is where the information for the available standard hatch patterns is stored and read from. To answer that question we have to know where the standard hatch patterns come from in the first place. Give use a call today with any questions you might have about our wood & stone hatch patterns.SOLIDWORKS Hatch Pattern SOLIDWORKS Hatch Pattern File Location We also offer free lifetime phone support and remote installs if you ever run into problems. Detailed instructions on how to install are provided at the time of order. Just copy and paste the hatch code into your existing AutoCAD hatch file(s). You can download the hatches as soon as you make your payment.

We offer free lifetime unlimited phone support and can get you setup very quickly with your hatch pattern installation. Each hatch pattern is drawn with a very high degree of accuracy drawn to one millionth of a unit.Ĭlick thumbnails above to enlarge hatch patterns But it's much, much faster to create your own hatch patterns when you need a new pattern, rather than hunting them down on the web. HatchKit makes the perfect viewer and editor for most of these CAD hatch pattern files. We offer 41 unique wood and stone AutoCAD hatch patterns for all versions of AutoCAD including LT. Many hatch pattern collections linked to here are free to download.
