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AnnieC
04.09.2012, 17:59


I just installed AutoCAD 2012 and do not have custom hatches.  You know the wood grain and barrel tile hatches etc.  Does anyone know how to install them? 

John Connor
04.09.2012, 18:34
You will have to find the hatch pattern definition files you want and fownload them to your computer.  Then you can either add the definitions to acad.pat or just point AutoCAD to where the files are located via Options > Files and Folders and the Support File Search Path.  The files can be individual or they can be grouped together in a custom .PAT master file.  Your choice.


ub_rithesh
05.09.2012, 07:16


hi,please any one help me to find the location of hatchpattern file in autocad 2013.please help me,so that i can install my custom hatchpatterns in that file.

ub_rithesh
05.09.2012, 07:48


hi, i got the hatchpattern defination file here it is.

C:\Autodesk\AutoCAD_2013_English_Win_32bit\x86\en-US\acad\Acad\Program
Files\Root\UserDataCache\en-us\Supportif it is helpful please let me know. Thanks


John Connor
05.09.2012, 11:57
The easiest way to find the location of your acad.pat file is to type the following on the command line then press the ENTER key:Command: (findfile"acad.pat")AutoCAD will return the path on the command line which will look similar to this:"C:\\Users\\johnconnor\\appdata\\roaming\\autodesk\\autocad 2013 - english\\r19.0\\enu\\support\\acad.pat"


AnnieC
05.09.2012, 17:55


it didnt work.  I copied the whole directory where my PAT files were in 2011 C:\program files\autodesk\autocad arch 2011\contentpacksand put it in the support file for autocad 2012.  then i went into options and added under support file search path the new location of the contentpack directory.  no luck... now the content pack directory has sub directories.  so do i have to add each one maybe???

John Connor
05.09.2012, 18:48
What did not work?Let me get this straight.  You are trying to use hatch patterns from AutoCAD Arch 2011 in plain AutoCAD 2012?Is this a 32-bit or 64-bit computer?  Is your OS 64-bit too?  What about AutoCAD 2012?


AnnieC
05.09.2012, 19:06


my old autoCAD was windows xp 32 bit... the new 2012 is windows 7 64 bit.  i suppose this makes a difference... what now?  no the hatches that i had in 2011 are not coming up in 2012.

John Connor
06.09.2012, 11:29

Yes, it does make a difference.  The path to the actual support files used is totally different for 32-bit programs than the one for 64-bit programs.I suggested you run this command (findfile"acad.pat") in a previous post.  Did you do it or not?


John Connor2012-09-06 11:33:44

AnnieC
06.09.2012, 15:13


i did type findfile in acad 2012 and it says commend not found.  i tried it several ways but no luck. 

John Connor
06.09.2012, 18:05

Did you include the parenthesis and quotation marks as well?Your path should look something like this."C:\\Users\\yourcomputernamehere\\appdata\\roaming\\autodesk\\autocad 2009 - english\\r15\\enu\\support\\acad.pat"John Connor2012-09-06 18:19:01