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Setting hatch patterns

Setting hatch patterns - AutoCAD Tutorial

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Setting hatch patterns

- [Voiceover] So in the previous video, in zero zero ground FM setting's drawing, we set up a gradient fill and used the draw order to send it to the back, and it's right there like so. Gonna zoom out slightly now and zoom in on the other highlighted area here. Now this is an area but it's also a space. It's an area because you've bounded it with a polyline and given it an area of value. It then becomes a space when you highlight it, name it, and set a use for it. That's the difference between the AutoCAD Facilities Management 101 course, where I showed you how to just area or polyline all of your FM drawing. What we're doing now with space management is we're gonna work towards having all the spaces set up in this particular floor of the building and they'll all be named and they'll all be highlighted and measured with an area value. Then you can start managing the space, then you can start working with that space and working how much space you have and so on. Now, second area we're…

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