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Practical Autodesk AutoCAD 2021 and AutoCAD LT 2021
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Practical Autodesk AutoCAD 2021 and AutoCAD LT 2021

by Yasser Shoukry, Jaiprakash Pandey
May 2020
Beginner
826 pages
19h 1m
English
Packt Publishing
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Set Origin

Every Hatch pattern has its origin point and when you apply a Hatch in an area inside your drawing, AutoCAD selects the origin point for it. But if you want to specify an origin and want to force AutoCAD to select your preferred point as the origin, then you can use the Set Origin option from the Origin panel of the Hatch Creation tab, as shown here:

Fig 6.17: The Set Origin option on the Origin panel of the Hatch Creation tab

In the following screenshot, in A, the Hatch pattern has been applied normally without selecting the origin, whereas in B, the same pattern has been applied with the origin selected as the lower-left corner ...

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ISBN: 9781789809152