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How to add hatching and fills in 2D CAD
Fills colour in a closed area, and hatches fill it with a pattern. BenCAD has 27 patterns, from plain hatching to building materials drawn at their real size.
Hatch & fills is a PRO tool. Drawing, trim, extend, join and dimensions are free.
How to use hatch & fills in BenCAD
- Tap FILLTap FILL in the toolbar, in the Edit group. The fill bar opens.
- Choose a pattern and colourPick a pattern and colour, and set how see-through it is.
- Tap inside an areaTap inside any closed shape to fill it. Keep tapping to fill more areas.
- FinishTap DONE, or pick another tool.
Tips
- General patterns: solid, hatch at 45° either way, vertical, horizontal, crosshatch, diamond, dots, zigzag, wave and dash.
- Building materials at real size: brick (75mm courses), blockwork, insulation, rigid insulation, concrete, timber, hardcore and earth.
- Floors and outdoors: tiles, herringbone, floorboards, decking, grass, gravel, block paving and paving slabs.
Questions
Do hatches print to scale?
Yes. Material patterns are sized in millimetres, so a brick hatch prints at true brick size on the <a href="/tools/print-to-scale/">print-ready sheet</a>.
Are fills free?
Fills and hatches are part of BenCAD Pro. Drawings that already contain fills open and show correctly in the free version.
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