Element Templates - Hatching Spacing - & Drawing Scale

Do Element Templates with Hatching parameters change the spacing of the hatch lines according to the drawing scale?

If not, should that not be an option? And should you be able to l=place hatching and patterning that is annotative, scaling up or down with annotation scales?

  • Currently there is no commercial release version that handles Hatches or Patterns supporting Annotation scale.  When this is implemented we will support the Annotation Scale setting from all places Hatches and Patterns are used.

    This is an interesting discussion as existing templates do not have an Annotation Scale setting and existing objects (Text, Dims, etc) that support Annotation Scale lock just use the current setting in the DGN file.  So this makes me ask should an Element Template have a setting for Annotation Scale similar to Level, Color, etc.?  This would be a global for the entire template.

  • This feature for patterns was also missing in old STG manager.

    Have you created a CR?

  • I spoke with the development and design teams regarding this request.  The design is for the tool to implement the tool settings.  I understand that this particular thing is both a tool setting and an element property.  I will watch this thread to find out the out come desire from the user base

  • My vote would be to have both Annotation Scale and Element template lock as a element template properties.  

    When using element templates I perfer to "lock" the element template to the General properties so that all elements are updated at once.

    Additionally - A "Lock" on the standard locks dialogs for the Element Template would be beneficial. Having one little button on the attributes toolbar that a user has to determine if depressed seems inadequate when it is so powerful.

    Thanks,

    Wade

  • John

    I have the same issue OR question.  I am working to migrate from v8 to v8i (SS10); when importing the *.stg to the element templates.  You only get the items listed in the group window from the Setting Mgr.  Things like scale and working units under the Category menu are no where to be found.  The groups deal with attributes & properties of elements, cells, etc...

    When trying to create a new group template it can be called Scale BUT there nothing TO ADD that would hold a drawing scale or working units info.

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    Steven W.

    CAD Manager

    MPS Engineering Inc

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