Drawing X-Hatching from Part Material Definition

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October 5, 2021
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I'm guessing you can do what I'm about to ask, but I just can't get it to work.

I want to automatically show the cross hatch defined in the material definition in a section view on a drawing. I would think this should be pretty simple to do.

I define the cross hatch for the material by entering the name of the cross hatch under Misc./Detailing/Cross Hatch of the material definition. See .PNG below. I want to use a Hatch PAT not a Hatch XCH.

However, when I create the section view in a drawing the hatching that is displayed is the random hatching that Creo assigns to it.

What I'm I not doing? Any help would be great.

Thanks, Steve

2D Drawing

Best answer by MartinHanak

@eng_sentechas wrote:

Martin thanks for the reply.

Still not showing on the drawing. I will try again next week.

Steve

Hi,

please replay uploaded xhatching.mp4 video.

(view in My Videos)

tbraxton

22-Sapphire II

Are you sure that the section has a defined material?

Crosshatching patterns may be based on the assigned material of the part. For example, if you create a cross section that cuts through a defined material such as steel, the system looks for a crosshatching pattern that has the same name as the assigned material. If the system finds such a pattern, it automatically assigns it to the cross section.

If the cross section does not have a defined material, the system assigns the default crosshatching style.

For more details on this:

Determining Crosshatching Patterns (ptc.com)

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eng_sentechas

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Thanks for the reply. I verified everything again yesterday and it still didn't work. I don't know if it is because I'm using a PAT hatch and not a XCH hatch.

I have a deadline for tomorrow so I'm going to play with this again next week. I'll post my progress.

Steve

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MartinHanak

24-Ruby III

@eng_sentechas wrote:

I'm guessing you can do what I'm about to ask, but I just can't get it to work.

I want to automatically show the cross hatch defined in the material definition in a section view on a drawing. I would think this should be pretty simple to do.

I define the cross hatch for the material by entering the name of the cross hatch under Misc./Detailing/Cross Hatch of the material definition. See .PNG below. I want to use a Hatch PAT not a Hatch XCH.

However, when I create the section view in a drawing the hatching that is displayed is the random hatching that Creo assigns to it.

What I'm I not doing? Any help would be great.

Thanks, Steve

Hi,

you have to do Edit Hatching and set Use hatch from the part option manually. According to https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS148466 it is not possible to set this option as default.