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Topographic Hatches
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Topographic Hatches
Ribbon: Topoplan – Situation >
FillShapes
Menu: Topoplan – Maps >
Topographic Hatches
Toolbar: Maps >
Topographic Hatches
Command line: FILLSHAPES
The FillShapes command fills contours with conventional signs on a regular, chess or random grid. Conventional signs can be represented by a combination of blocks from the sign library and SHX shapes.
The command can be used to designate forest areas or wetlands in topographic drawings with conventional signs (CSs). Unlike hatching, the FillShapes command allows you to set the distance between rows and columns of shapes, as well as the rotation angle of the shape in the fill (not to be confused with the rotation angle of the fill itself).
The shape fill does not have associativity; i.e. changing the outline of a filled area (for example, using grips or the Stretch command) does not automatically update the fill.
Options:
Styles |
Topographic hatch settings can be saved to styles for later loading and use. In the drop-down list, you can select all styles in the document for editing. · · · · ·
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Topographic hatch composition |
The list of elements of the current topographic hatching. You can add SHX shapes and sign library element blocks as elements. Sometimes there may be a combination of vegetation, soils and farmland in one area. Then it may be necessary to fill the area unevenly with several types of conventional signs (from 2-3 to 4 different types). The order of the element in the list determines the order in which it is placed in the hatch. You can change the order of elements in hatching using the |
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Adding an SHX shape as a hatch element. Opens the Choose Shape dialog where you can select the desired shape from the existing SHX files. SHX files are located in the folder specified in the Default directories section of the Options dialog. |
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Adding a block as a hatch element. In order to display all CS blocks of the Conventional Signs bar in the dialog, first insert at least one conventional sign into the drawing. You can search for a block by entering in the search field the numerical designation of the block: alphabetic description,
or even block size values displayed in square brackets in the current units after the alphabetic description: |
Scale |
The scaling factor for the size of hatch signs. |
Step by X |
Horizontal offset distance of hatch elements. |
Y |
Vertical offset distance of hatch elements. |
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Copies the X step to the Y box |
Fill angle |
Angle of hatch rotation. You can select the desired angle value among the fixed ones from the drop-down list, enter your own angle in the field using the keyboard, or specify the angle on the drawing after pressing the · 0 degrees: · 30 degrees: · 90 degrees: |
Order |
The principle of alternating elements relative to each other. · Regular hatching order of three elements · Chess order of the same hatching elements · Random order the hatching elements |
Locate in Grid Nodes |
Ignores some previous settings and places hatch elements at grid nodes. The step is taken from the grid step specified in the Drafting Settings dialog. Rotation angle = 0. |
Combine to Block |
Allows you to create a single block from all the elements that make up the fill. The block can later be split into separate objects with the Explode command. |
After setting all the hatching parameters, press the Run button and click inside all the closed contours to be filled.