crosshatch .xch file format

[ppandarkar-2]

Hi,

I want to create hatch pattern so please can i know the syntax of .xch file which is available in *\Common Files\text\crossharch folder. If there any document to understand it syntax then it will be good.

- Prashant Pandarkar

[MartinHanak]

Hi,

in CR2 you can define crosshatching pattern in drawing view with section. MOD XHATCH menu enables you to define pattern and save it into .xch file.

[ppandarkar-2]

Hi Martin,

Thanks for your reply.

I want to understand syntax as given in below .xch file (default creo crosssection)

#UGC XHATCH_STYLE 459 0 0 128 0 1 1
#Pro/ENGINEER TM Version A-27-10 (c) 1988-91 by Parametric Technology Corporation All Rights Reserved.
@dwg_xhatch_style 1 0
0 1 ->
@type 2 1
1 2 0
@xsec_id 3 1
1 3 0
@lines 4 0
1 4 [1]
2 4
@angle 5 1
3 5 45
@offset 6 2
3 6 0
@spacing 7 2
3 7 3FC9R
@named_style 8 0
3 8
@style 9 0
4 9
@font 10 1
5 10 1
@color 11 1
5 11 1
@width 12 2
5 12 0
@layers 13 1
5 13 1
@name 14 10
4 14
#END_OF_UGC

[MartinHanak]

Hi,

file format is not public. Therefore its contents is confidential. You can edit XCH files in Creo Parametric, only.

[BenLoosli]

Try to reverse engineer it by building various crosshatch styles and comparing the .xch files.

[TomU]

It looks very similar to the old config.win files.

[ppandarkar-2]

Yes i tried to understand by changing one by one parameter and sees its effect in section. I understand for angle parameter but other parameters not able to understood. So was expecting some documentation or link for study this.

Thanks & Regards,

Prashant pandarkar