{"id":8867,"date":"2019-03-05T07:00:22","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/?p=8867"},"modified":"2020-04-07T14:46:32","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T21:46:32","slug":"hatch-gap-tolerance-autocad-tuesday-tips-frank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/hatch-gap-tolerance-autocad-tuesday-tips-frank\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking the Rules With Hatch Gap Tolerance in AutoCAD: Tuesday Tips With Frank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We all learn certain AutoCAD rules early on. An ARC is drawn counter-clockwise*, STRETCH requires a crossing window*, Layer 0 is \u201cspecial,&#8221; and you must have a closed boundary in order to HATCH.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Umm, about that last one. You actually can hatch inside an area that has a gap in its boundary. Tucked away in the pull-down tools area of the contextual Hatch Creation tab in the Ribbon is a setting called Gap Tolerance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8870\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Hatch-Gap-1_eoy8if.jpg\" alt=\"Gap Tolerance in AutoCAD\" width=\"485\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Hatch-Gap-1_eoy8if.jpg 485w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Hatch-Gap-1_eoy8if-300x146.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It does precisely what its name implies, allowing you to hatch open areas up to the tolerance\u00a0value set. Use the slider or enter a value in your current drawing units. You\u2019ll notice the default value it zero, so that\u2019s where the rule comes from that your hatch area must be closed.<\/p>\n<p>I can think of a couple of good uses for this setting. You can use it a \u201cfuzz factor\u201d for those drawings where someone failed to use object snaps, and things don\u2019t always connect.<\/p>\n<p>Better yet, have you ever needed to hatch a room that has a door opening? Now you can cut out the step of creating a closed polyline within the room then deleting it after you create the hatch. Just make your gap tolerance to be the size of the door and create your hatch.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8871\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Hatch-Gap-2_yqhmg7.jpg?cld_params=w_auto:100:731\" alt=\"Hatch Boundary AutoCAD\" width=\"731\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Hatch-Gap-2_yqhmg7.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Hatch-Gap-2_yqhmg7-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"about-the-asterisks\">About the Asterisks<\/h2>\n<p>You probably noticed a couple of asterisks in my first sentence. Alert readers would have pointed out some exceptions, so I offer this full disclosure. You can now hold down the control key during the ARC command and go clockwise. You can also stretch using grips \u2013 which technically isn\u2019t using the STRETCH command, but I\u2019ll allow it.<\/p>\n<p>You see? Some AutoCAD rules are just made to be broken!<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"more-tuesday-tips\">More Tuesday Tips<\/h2>\n<p>Check out our whole\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/tag\/tuesday-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tuesday<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/tag\/tuesday-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tips<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/tag\/tuesday-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Series<\/a>\u00a0for ideas on how to make AutoCAD work for you. Do you have any favorite AutoCAD tips? Tell us in the comments!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all learn certain AutoCAD rules early on. 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