Hatch Patter Creator is a Plugin to TurboCAD that offers an easy and fast way of creating repeating patterns to be used as Brush Patterns in your designs. As you create new patterns, save them to the Brush Style Table and they will be available for repeated use.

• Creating Patterns - By Symbol 

In the "By Symbol" mode, select any drawing entities or their parts, using a fence, to create patterns. For that select, the HPC, set the first corner of the selection fence and move the cursor to a new position, and set the final point of the selection fence.

• Creating Patterns - By Symbol 

In the "By Sample" mode use the selection fence to select a sample, prepared in advance, and designed to create a pattern.  To create a pattern by sample draw the pattern, set the first corner of the selection fence and Move the cursor to a new position.

• Using Existing Brush Styles 

Use existing hatch pattern type brush styles as the basis for a new pattern. To select an existing pattern: Select the HPC. in the local menu or Inspector bar to choose copy from select the Brush Style in the Select Brush Style dialog, and then click OK.

• Accumulating Patterns 

When this mode is active, each newly selected symbol or sample, and each selected existing pattern will be added. To accumulate patterns: Select the HBC, In the local menu or Inspector bar choose "Accumulate patterns" to toggle on pattern accumulation.

• Transforming Patterns 

Use the blue control points or the fields in the Inspector bar to transform the pattern. The control points are used to set the rotation angle, to set the offset of the pattern's origin point from the drawing's origin and to specify the scale for the pattern's height.

• Storing Created Patterns 

At any time, you can save created patterns as a new or existing style in the TurboCAD brush style table. To save a pattern: In the local menu or the Inspector bar choose “Save style…", Type in a new name or select an existing name and then click ok