You can use transparent solid fills to demarcate distinguish areas on architectural floor plans or aerial photographs of project sites.

The transparency object property in AutoCAD is probably most useful in 2D, anyway when applied to solid fills. Therefore, check whether the current object layer and color are set appropriately before you use the Solid hatches option. You also see several gradient-fill options, where one color gradually changes to another. This selection sets the stage for choosing the hatch pattern.ĪutoCAD treats filling an area with a solid color as a type of hatch. To display the Hatch and Gradient dialog box, click the dialog box launcher the tiny arrow at the right end of the Options panel on the Hatch Creation tab of the Ribbon.īy default, the right third of the Hatch and Gradient dialog box is hidden to see additional hatch options at the right side of the dialog box, click the More Options arrow beside the Help button. An alternative to using the Ribbon to create the pattern is the Hatch and Gradient dialog box. And all this can be duplicated with standard patterns. On the other hand, unusual to use a user-defined pattern because hatches consist solely of continuous lines.Īll you can define are the spacing and rotation angle and whether the lines are parallel pairs. You can use predefined, user-defined, or custom hatch patterns in AutoCAD.