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I am good at getting Architects and Interior Designers who are intimidated by Autocad, ADT, etc. to feel comfortable, get things done.
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AutoCAD - hatching in yz or xz plane
Expert: Bob - 9/5/2008
Question
I am very familiar with 2-D autoCAD but I am trying to model a 3d object and want to use some hatched surfaces in the yz & xz plane. I am trying to create something that depicts grating so I used a 2-D hatched surface for the floor and need to close in the sides, creating a basket. How can I hatch a surface in those planes? If there is a way to hatch a solid object or create a pattern in the solid object this will probably work as well. Thanks.
Answer
SORRY -- I KNOW I WROTE THE REPLY A FEW DAYS AGO
SIMPLY -- NO 3D HATCHING -- that would be materials and rendering
You did not research hatch at all, or you would not think that it resides on any object or is attached to anything ---it isnt.
-- you can hatch a polyine in space above each face of the object (MS or PS)
-- if you want it to look like 3D, create the basket in a flat view with perspective, on top of the 3d model
-- use offset to make the curved lines curve more, as they object narrows, if that is appropriate.
With a woven basket, you will get lines needing trimming at the overlaps
Draw a hand sketch of how the basket would look on a print of your model, then copy that in AutoCAD (even scan it, INSERT the image, draw over it, erase the image.
The point is that it should LOOK like a basket to the eye, in the scale you print at. If this is for presentation, hot autocad class, I might draw on the print with a pen and skip the above.
BOB
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