To Create and Modify Crosshatches for Flat Surfaces
1. Open a drawing with one or more flat surfaces.
2. Select Surface from the drawing object filter.
3. Select one or more flat surfaces.
4. Click > 
Hatch/Fill.
Hatch/Fill.5. Type a name for the cross section or accept the default name to open the MOD XHATCH menu on the Menu Manager.
 | A default name is assigned to every section in the format XSEC<nnnn>, where <nnnn> is a number series unique to a drawing file. |
6. A crosshatch is created by default. Click Fill to fill a solid color in the flat surface.
7. Click the other commands from the MOD XHATCH menu to modify the crosshatch. You can also retrieve a previously saved crosshatch pattern to use in the flat surface.
8. Click Done to apply the changes and close the MOD XHATCH menu.
| | You can hatch or fill a flat surface only once. By default, all crosshatches use the Letter color, that is, the system default color. Use the Line Style command in the MOD XHATCH menu to change the color of the crosshatches. Use the Color command in the MOD XHATCH menu to change the color of the filled section. |