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If somebody can give me simple step by step, so I don't stuff up anything, I would be very grateful. I noticed my Hatch Pattern Palette, under Custom, is Empty.ĭo I just create a Pat folder somewhere for AutoCad to find, I have all my Custom Hatch patterns on a USB ready to dump in the correct place. To be honest I was a big coward, there I said it.Īnyway can somebody step me through adding my Custom Hatch patterns from AutoCad 2012 to 2015. He's proficient in AutoCAD (including customization), VBA, LISP, and Civil 3D.I have just upgraded to 2015 over the holidays from 2012, yes I didn't do it ages ago cos I figured everything was working fine so why change. Technical Support SpecialistAn AutoCAD Certified Professional, Ryan is responsible for taking client cases and assisting with issues with the software - everything from regular glitches to software deployments and whatever else goes wrong. Note: once you have this working, and new or separate versions of AutoCAD simply need to be pointed to this directory for the hatch patterns to work for future releases (Steps 5 & 6)

If you get an error stating a pattern is invalid, then that pattern is not valid or has an issue that needs to be corrected to fix the issue.

You will now see your custom hatch patterns at the bottom of this list:

Now navigate, type in, or paste the path of the hatch patterns directory in the new box and then click OK:Ĭlick on the Expand button on the Hatch Pattern Panel:.

Navigate to the Files Tab, expand out Support File Search Path and then Click Add….

Once you have them all separated, then Launch AutoCAD / AutoCAD LT to a blank drawing and then type in Options or Red “A” => Options.

I use plain Notepad to make sure that the *CLG_GYP (red box) matches the filename and this cannot have spaces, the description following can have spaces

In the example, the pattern file created is called CLG_GYP.PAT

Create each hatch patter separately, or if you have one combined, you will need to separate them all out into separate files.

I will be using D:\Hatch Patterns as my example

Best place to start is to create a hatch pattern folder (to make it easier for future upgrades).

The end of the pattern file must be a blank line.

The PAT file name must exactly match the name of the pattern.Each hatch pattern should be in its own file.Issue: You have custom hatch patterns given to you or created by you and need to know the best way to add them into AutoCAD so you can use them