[solved] Hatch pattern preview?

[HDK]

When hatching an area, the hatch preview mostly shows all white, or an illegible pattern; suggestions? If this is a limitation of the viewer, at least on my system, is there a list of the hatch patterns with graphics?

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Thanks,
David

[andrew]

You are likely working on a metric drawing which is using imperial hatch patterns or an imperial drawing using metric hatch patterns. Please check if the drawing preferences for units match under:
Edit > Drawing Preferences > General > Drawing Unit

[HDK]

Thanks for the response. I checked the drawing unit settings and when it is set for Inch and Imperial it doesn't work, when I change it to MM and Metric it does.

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Drawing Unit-mm.tiff (76.05 KiB) Viewed 6423 times

Since I'm working with Architectural units (feet & inches) the drawing unit needs to be set for Inch not MM.

[Husky]

Hi HDK,

Since I'm working with Architectural units (feet & inches) the drawing unit needs to be set for Inch not MM.

Is that just me? I can't see your pics on my screen ....

However - this example setting would not work for you?

Husky-2016.04.16-01.png (51.28 KiB) Viewed 6406 times

[HDK]

Drawing units is set as shown (inch, inch, imperial) and the hatch comes out fine, just will not show up in the viewer.

The screen captures I uploaded were tiff images, perhaps jpg or png would work better...

[andrew]

I can confirm that the preview in the hatch dialog is broken for imperial drawings. The rectangle is too big to make the pattern visible. This has been improved for the next release.

[HDK]

Downloaded QCAD v3.14.3 and all is well, thanks for taking care of this problem...