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Determining Crosshatching Patterns
Crosshatching patterns may be based on the assigned material of the part. For example, if you create a cross section that cuts through a defined material such as steel, the system looks for a crosshatching pattern that has the same name as the assigned material. If the system finds such a pattern, it automatically assigns it to the cross section.
If the cross section does not have a defined material, the system assigns the default crosshatching style.
 
• If either of the two parameters default_xhatch_angle or default_xhatch_spacing are defined for the part containing the cross section, these parameter settings supersede other definitions of the crosshatching style. That is, the existence of an assigned material name is no longer relevant to the assignment of the crosshatching style.
• To control the display of datum curves, threads, cosmetic feature entities, and cosmetic crosshatch in a full cross-sectional view, use the Detail option remove_cosms_from_xsecs. If you set it to all, you can remove datums and cosmetics from all types of cross-sectional views.
You can assign a name to a crosshatch pattern and save it in the default working directory for later retrieval.