I am trying to install a new hatch pattern, (wood).
I have gotten various .pat files from different sites.
I download and copy them to the directory as follows:
C:\Program Files\QCAD\patterns\imperial
After copying the files to the destination where all the other pattern .pat files are located,
I close QCAD, open it back up and CANNOT find the new hatch pattern.
Attempted this about 6 times. This 81 yo man is frustrated!
Decided to get help from the pros.
Any and all help would greatly be appreciated.
Thank You!
Jerome
hatch help please
Moderator: andrew
Forum rules
Always indicate your operating system and QCAD version.
Post one question per topic.
Always indicate your operating system and QCAD version.
Post one question per topic.
Re: HATCH HELP PLEASE
You must use imperial for the Measurenent system under Drawing Prefereces .. Drawing Unit referring to the install folder.
Please attach such a pattern file.
Regards,
CVH
Please attach such a pattern file.
Regards,
CVH
Re: HATCH HELP PLEASE
Just checked. Imperial units are set.
Attached is a .zip file that I attempted to install to the pattern folder.
Thanks.
Attached is a .zip file that I attempted to install to the pattern folder.
Thanks.
- Attachments
-
- 25-AutoCAD-Wood-Hatch-Patterns.zip
- (64.52 KiB) Downloaded 138 times
Re: hatch help please
Hi,
There is nothing wrong with the pattern files themselves.
They should be installed as *.pat files directly under the folder that you mentioned.
Remark that the Zipper holds two sub-folders, one for MACOSX and one for other OS types.
You need to extract the 25 pattern files for your OS.
QCAD does not search for patterns in sub-folders of ...\QCAD\patterns\imperial or ...\QCAD\patterns\metric
(Where the 3 dots stands for the installation path of QCAD)
The MACOSX files are no valid *.pat files, I think they are download links or cloud based references.
Another option is to install them in the user local data location path.
See changelog 3.26.2 (2021/04/15) https://www.ribbonsoft.com/en/documentation/changelog/
Especially for Windows users without Admin rights.
For example Windows: C:/Users/[Username]/AppData/Local/QCAD/QCAD/patterns/[metric or imperial]/*.pat
These will complement or supersede those of the main pattern folder.
Now don't hold your breath with fancy and elaborated hatch patterns from www.AUTOCADhatch.com aka https://www.cadhatch.com/
Systematically these can slow down QCAD.
The main reason why I ceased with further development of Tile2Hatch, unreleased in general so far.
This QCAD tool can turn every line-art into a hatch pattern matching the highest standards and much more.
The first and simple example I studied (HWDLN1E1.pat) had 238 definitions and a total cloning load of 244.
Meaning that 244 patterned lines cross every tile.
QCAD has to render all these dashed/dotted lines before cropping them to the hatch boundary(-ies).
5 dots strings are declared twice for no good reason.
The exact same hatch can be written in 211 lines with specialized techniques at no extra rendering effort.
At first glance I am about sure that I can simplify this pattern by at least 50%.
And this by merging a few (N) of the meaningful 196 dots in the same definition line with load = 1 instead of N.
I even think that it is a metric pattern because it repeats every 60 by 60 units.
Then a tile in inches is a piece of wood of about 1.5 by 1.5 meters at unit scale.
The lower the scale the more dashes/dots on more parallel cloned patterned lines ... What renders slower ...
HWOD40E1.pat: 423 definitions, 50x50units tile, total cloning load of 597, can be written in 190 lines. Regards,
CVH
There is nothing wrong with the pattern files themselves.
They should be installed as *.pat files directly under the folder that you mentioned.
Remark that the Zipper holds two sub-folders, one for MACOSX and one for other OS types.
You need to extract the 25 pattern files for your OS.
QCAD does not search for patterns in sub-folders of ...\QCAD\patterns\imperial or ...\QCAD\patterns\metric
(Where the 3 dots stands for the installation path of QCAD)
The MACOSX files are no valid *.pat files, I think they are download links or cloud based references.
Another option is to install them in the user local data location path.
See changelog 3.26.2 (2021/04/15) https://www.ribbonsoft.com/en/documentation/changelog/
Especially for Windows users without Admin rights.
For example Windows: C:/Users/[Username]/AppData/Local/QCAD/QCAD/patterns/[metric or imperial]/*.pat
These will complement or supersede those of the main pattern folder.
Now don't hold your breath with fancy and elaborated hatch patterns from www.AUTOCADhatch.com aka https://www.cadhatch.com/
Systematically these can slow down QCAD.
The main reason why I ceased with further development of Tile2Hatch, unreleased in general so far.
This QCAD tool can turn every line-art into a hatch pattern matching the highest standards and much more.
The first and simple example I studied (HWDLN1E1.pat) had 238 definitions and a total cloning load of 244.
Meaning that 244 patterned lines cross every tile.
QCAD has to render all these dashed/dotted lines before cropping them to the hatch boundary(-ies).
5 dots strings are declared twice for no good reason.
The exact same hatch can be written in 211 lines with specialized techniques at no extra rendering effort.
At first glance I am about sure that I can simplify this pattern by at least 50%.
And this by merging a few (N) of the meaningful 196 dots in the same definition line with load = 1 instead of N.
I even think that it is a metric pattern because it repeats every 60 by 60 units.
Then a tile in inches is a piece of wood of about 1.5 by 1.5 meters at unit scale.
The lower the scale the more dashes/dots on more parallel cloned patterned lines ... What renders slower ...
HWOD40E1.pat: 423 definitions, 50x50units tile, total cloning load of 597, can be written in 190 lines. Regards,
CVH
Re: hatch help please
Problem Solved!
I have using computers since you started them and had a black screen and a blinking C:\
I can't believe that you solved my problem.
I NEVER would have guessed that logging in as a NON Administrator user would have caused this problem!
When I checked your example for the path of:
C:/Users/[Username]/AppData/Local/QCAD/QCAD/patterns/[metric or imperial]/*.pat
I noticed the last two folders were non existent.
I added the two folders, /QCAD/patterns/imperial.
Dropped one .pat wood pattern file *.pat
Started QCAD and Incredibly was able use the hatch pattern.
I really want to THANK YOU for taking your valuable time to solve a total strangers problem.
CVH you are truly a guru!
Wish there were more people in this world like you.
It would definitely be a better place.
THANK YOU!
Jerome.
I have using computers since you started them and had a black screen and a blinking C:\
I can't believe that you solved my problem.
I NEVER would have guessed that logging in as a NON Administrator user would have caused this problem!
When I checked your example for the path of:
C:/Users/[Username]/AppData/Local/QCAD/QCAD/patterns/[metric or imperial]/*.pat
I noticed the last two folders were non existent.
I added the two folders, /QCAD/patterns/imperial.
Dropped one .pat wood pattern file *.pat
Started QCAD and Incredibly was able use the hatch pattern.
I really want to THANK YOU for taking your valuable time to solve a total strangers problem.
CVH you are truly a guru!
Wish there were more people in this world like you.
It would definitely be a better place.
THANK YOU!
Jerome.
Re: hatch help please
These are not created by standard.
Thank you for your kind words.
When considered as solved then please add [Solved] to the title of your first post by editing it.
Regards,
CVH
Re: hatch help please [Solved]
Prostreet wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:19 pmI am trying to install a new hatch pattern, (wood).
I have gotten various .pat files from different sites.
I download and copy them to the directory as follows:
C:\Program Files\QCAD\patterns\imperial
After copying the files to the destination where all the other pattern .pat files are located,
I close QCAD, open it back up and CANNOT find the new hatch pattern.
Attempted this about 6 times. This 81 yo man is frustrated!
Decided to get help from the pros.
Any and all help would greatly be appreciated.
Thank You!
Jerome