As such this procedure may not be applicable unless you intend to compile your hatchs into a IMAGE menu.
Preparing the Pattern: The first step is to obtain or create a hatch pattern that you would like to add. For terms of discussion we will use the GRAVEL.PAT found floating on the web. Note that this pattern does not have sufficient precision to properly display in large coordinate mapping, but should work well in most other applications. EXPANDED METAL HATCH PATTERN FOR AUTOCAD DOWNLOAD.