I have several colleagues asking me, why they can’t snap to hatch objects, just like when they use their old AutoCAD. Actually, you still can. It seems that Autodesk has disabled this feature by default, maybe because of performance issues.
Autocad Hatch Problems
Over 300 free AutoCAD for Mac architectural hatch patterns to choose from. The free PAT files are AutoCAD for Macintosh compatible The CAD library includes free Autodesk CAD wood pattern files, free stone hatches, brick hatch patterns, geometric patterns and many scales of each design. In actual fact they are repeating hatch patterns similar to AutoCAD. Most people don’t remember them but they did see them each time they booted up an original.
To activate it, simply open option. You can do it by typing OP then [enter] or by accessing through AutoCAD ribbon.
In the options dialog box, drafting tab, in object snap options, turn off ignore hatch objects.
You can also set this option by changing the OSOPTIONS system variable.
I snipped this from the help file:
0: Object snaps operate on hatch objects, and on geometry with negative Z values when using a dynamic UCS
1: Object snaps ignore hatch objects
2: Object snaps ignore geometry with negative Z values during use of a dynamic UCS
Hatch For Autocad Machine
See more AutoCAD tips on our contents list page!