HatchKit 2.6 CAD Hatch Pattern Editor and Generator.
New 2.6 look. Windows clipboard support. And more.
Draw and view your own custom hatch patterns. Scale and transform patterns.
Edit existing patterns.
Translate between hatch pattern file formats.
Why not try HatchKit for yourself?
Create hatch patterns, quickly AND EASILY.
HatchKit is a visual hatch pattern editor and generator .
Create and edit CAD hatch pattern files for all versions of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, Alibre, AllyCAD, Chief Architect, DataCAD, DesignCAD, FelixCAD, General CADD PRO, IntelliCAD, MegaCAD, MicroStation, PowerCAD, Revit, SPIRIT, SolidWorks, TurboCAD, Vdraft, VersaCAD, Visual CADD and other packages. Simply:
- Draw, Edit, Import or Paste.
- Arrange
- Save
Create your own hatchpatterns: -
bricks,tiles, wood grain, stone, map symbols ... Features:
- Multiple hatch pattern file format support
- Visual editing
- Zoom and pan
- Flexible grid snap, object snap (new)
- Cut and paste
- Undo and redo
- Rescaling
- Transformations
- Multiple pattern layers
- Multiple patterns per file
- Accurate repetitions remotefrom origin
Draw a hatch pattern
Hatchkit provides visual hatch pattern editing. Add or remove lines and dots to create a new hatch pattern. Optional grid snap. New object snap. Copy and paste, undo and redo as required. Position freehand with mouse or specify absolute or relative points exactly as cartesian or polar coordinates.
Edit an existing pattern
HatchKit is a visual hatch pattern editor, not simply a generator. HatchKit has the unique ability to open any hatch pattern contained in any supported hatch pattern file format, edit and save that pattern to any of the supported hatch pattern file formats.
Open -> Edit -> Save.
HatchKit provides speed, confidence and accuracy unmatched by other hatch pattern utilities.
Paste Windows Clipboard
New! Paste your template directly from the Windows Clipboard. Most CAD systems can copy selected elements directly to the clipboard with a single command such as Control-C. Lines, arcs, splines, polylines - even text can be copied and pasted. Import a hatch pattern
Import HATCH pattern template definitions containing LINE, POINT, CIRCLE, ARC and now (new) ELLIPSE, LWPLINE and POLYLINE entities from DXF files.
Import HPGL plot files containing even more complex artwork such as TEXT or SOLIDS.
Arrange
A hatch pattern consists of the pattern template repeated in any two different directions. The repeat vectors need not be along the X or Y axes or even at right angles, any two different vectors can be used to specify the pattern repeat.
Try it out.
You are not confined to a 1x1 square or a rectangle.
Save
Save directly to your system's native hatch pattern file format (see table below). HatchKit stores the selected directory and filetype between editing sessions.
Individually add or replace patterns within files containing more than one pattern such as ACAD.PAT, ACADLT.PAT, REVIT.PAT or SLDWKS.PTN. Revit users can select pattern UNIT and TYPE.
HatchKit calculates each pattern to the highest decimal precision possible within the constraint of available hatch pattern line length ensuring the pattern will repeat properly over millions of repeats from the origin. No unnecessary duplicated pattern bloat occurs in the saved pattern.
Note: the Demonstration Version watermarks saved patterns.
Hatch Pattern File Formats
| AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT | *.PAT |
| Alibre | *.TXT |
| AllyCAD | *.PAT |
| Chief Architect | *.PAT |
| DataCAD | *.PAT, *.DHP |
| DesignCAD | *.DCH |
| FelixCAD | *.PAT |
| General CADD PRO | *.GXH,*.LST |
| IntelliCAD | .PAT |
| MegaCAD | .INI |
| MicroStation V8 | *.PAT |
| PowerCAD | *.PAT |
| Revit | *.PAT |
| Spirit | *.PAT |
| TurboCAD | *.TXT, *_XML.INI |
| Vdraft | *.PAT |
| VersaCAD | *.HPT |
| Visual CADD | *.HAT |
Build your own library of hatch patterns
To build a library of hatch patterns:
- Create a drawing containing the pattern template for each hatch pattern as a separate BLOCK.
- Export the drawing as a DXF file
- Use HatchKit to convert each pattern templateblock to a hatch pattern
Multiple Pattern Layers
Hatch patterns layers handle portions of the overall pattern at different repeat spacings. HatchKit automatically groups elements sharing the same arrangement into seperate layers. Most simple patterns have only one arrangement.
Add new layers to a pattern to build up more complex patterns such as concrete and geologic hatches. Each item in a layer is arranged at that layer's spacing in the produced pattern.
Scale or Transform
Rescale a whole pattern or transform an individual hatch pattern layer:
- Stretch along x and y axes
- Mirror (use negative stretch factors)
- Skew or shear
- Move
- Rotate.
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