TechDraw Hatch/en

Description
The TechDraw Hatch tool fills a closed region in a View with a tiled SVG or bitmap  based hatch pattern. Alternatively the TechDraw GeometricHatch tool uses PAT based hatch patterns. See Hatching for details.



Usage

 * 1) Select a closed region in a View.
 * 2) There are several ways to invoke the tool:
 * 3) * Press the button.
 * 4) * Select the option from the menu.
 * 5) The  task panel opens.
 * 6) Optionally change the.
 * 7) Optionally change the  and the . These settings are ignored for bitmap patterns.
 * 8) Press the  button.

Properties

 * : The View and Face to receive the hatch pattern.
 * : Full path and filename to an SVG pattern file.
 * : Hatch pattern will be displayed in this color.
 * : Hatch pattern size modifier.

Scripting
TechDraw API and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

The Hatch tool can be used in macros and from the Python console by using the following functions: