Hatch basics

- [Instructor] There comes a time in drafting…where you need to display the material of an object.…Whether siding on an architectural elevation…or the materials of an assembly section…like steel or aluminum.…Instead of drawing patterns of line singularly,…AutoCAD allows us to fill closed areas…with a singular hatch pattern.…We'll find the hatch tool here under the hatch tool set…and we're immediately presented with the hatch visor,…and the option to pick an internal point.…Think of this as pouring a bucket of paint…into an enclosed area.…

The pattern will spread to fill the area…that you select so the area must be completely closed.…I'm going to click inside the area here…and I'm immediately given a visual preview of the pattern.…I can move up to the hatch visor…and select the pattern that I want to use…just by clicking on the swatch here.…There's a rather extensive list of different hatch patterns…that come shipped with AutoCAD for Mac.…Fortunately if I know the pattern I'm looking for…I can search for it here at the bottom.…