I always use the last method and avoid the first one. If you use hatch dialog box, you can change pattern type to custom or user-defined. If you can’t find it, you may need to change pattern type to user-defined. In files tab, below support file search path, add your folder.Ĭlick OK to accept this changes, then when you activate hatch command, you should see it in your pattern list. Open AutoCAD options (type OP then enter). If you place all your custom hatch in your custom folder, you can add support file search path. You should immediately see your custom hatch in pattern list.
There is a comment that if you add user-defined hatch below that section, then when you upgrade your AutoCAD this file will be migrated correctly. Paste it at the bottom most of your acad.pat file. I use chainlink pattern from DotSoft website. Open another instance of Notepad and open your custom hatch. I suggest you make a backup of this file before you start to work. Find acad.pat and open it with text editors like notepad or notepad ++. It should be something like C:\Users\YOURWINDOWSACCOUNT\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD XXXX – English\RXX.0\enu\Support. In order to use them, you have to copy and paste the files into the. We also provide the dwg file in which we have inserted most of the models and it can be useful to better identify the hatch to choose, as indeed also the preview of this page can be useful as a sort of legend. Or you may just make your acad.pat corrupt. AutoCAD hatch patterns for glass, windows, glass-concrete walls. You may lose your custom pattern if you somehow need to reinstall AutoCAD or your Windows account corrupts. There are two ways to do this: you can combine your custom pattern with acad.pat or add a support file search path. So you have downloaded or created your own AutoCAD pattern.