★How to define a custom hatch pattern in ZWCAD

Issue: 

A special hatch pattern is required in the drawing, which is not in the ZWCAD.pat file and needs to be customized.

How to define a custom hatch pattern in ZWCAD?

Solution:

ZWCAD hatch pattern is defined by a .pat file. The .pat file is in the ZWCAD installation directory or the ZWCAD folder in the user directory, it can be opened with Notepad.

For example:

The definition format is:

*pattern-name[, description] (Hatch pattern name, Hatch pattern description)

angle, x origin, y origin, delta-x, delta-y, dash-1, dash-2

• pattern-name indicates the hatch pattern name
• description means hatch pattern description (optional)
• angle indicates the angle between the hatch line direction and the horizontal direction
• x-origin, y-origin, represent the origin coordinates of the hatch straight-line
• delta-x, delta-y represent the repeated offset values ​​of the hatch straight line along the x and y directions
• dash-1, dash-2 represent the length of the straight line. Positive numbers indicate drawing a line, and negative numbers mean no line.

The code for the hatch pattern in the picture above is:

*111, 111

30, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0.75, -0.25