# Hatch Pattern disappears after applying solid tool operation **URL:** \ **Category:** SketchUp\ **Created:** [October 29, 2026, 12:27am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/hatch-pattern-disappears-after-applying-solid-tool-operation/351059 "2026-10-29T00:27:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![uweb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/uweb/32/63687_2.png) [@uweb](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/uweb)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 12:27am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/hatch-pattern-disappears-after-applying-solid-tool-operation/351059/1 "2026-10-29T00:27:04Z")
Hi I love the hatch pattern feature in 2027. Thanks SU team! However, if you apply a material with hatch pattern to a group or component and then use this group in a solid tool operation, the hatch pattern is not shown anymore. You have to reapply the material to the group, so that the section cut shows the hatch pattern again. ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 12:40am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/hatch-pattern-disappears-after-applying-solid-tool-operation/351059/2 "2026-10-29T00:40:03Z")
Another interesting oddity is that section patterns don’t seem to work when objects have their own section planes inside. ![fills](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/4X/9/5/6/9564de8add8899d739fa83f67d1578b353149378.gif) ---
**Author:** ![ateliernab](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/ateliernab/32/198399_2.png) [@ateliernab](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/ateliernab)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/hatch-pattern-disappears-after-applying-solid-tool-operation/351059/3 "2026-10-29T07:55:42Z")
> [@DaveR](#): > > Another interesting oddity is that section patterns don’t seem to work when objects have their own section planes inside. kinda makes sense now I think of it, you’re setting a hatch pattern to a volume while in a specific environment. when you enter the volume, you change environment. I assume that if you had sub groups components they’d still behave normally. in a way, kinda like painting a volume from the outside, then selecting a specific face, it’ll still show as neutral material. … and because the styles, not the section plans, carry the main hatch parameter, they all revert to default. kinda makes sense. I see nested groups in a near future to go around that 😅 ---
**Author:** ![DGSketcher](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/dgsketcher/32/205392_2.png) [@DGSketcher](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DGSketcher)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/hatch-pattern-disappears-after-applying-solid-tool-operation/351059/4 "2026-10-29T09:38:49Z")
> [@DaveR](#): > > Another interesting oddity is that section patterns don’t seem to work when objects have their own section planes inside. I personally think the hatch process should respect any Active cutting plane in the View. ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/hatch-pattern-disappears-after-applying-solid-tool-operation/351059/5 "2026-10-29T12:14:37Z")
Yes. In this model I had to create a nested object for the panel so that the top level contained the section plane in order to be able to apply a hatch pattern. ![Screenshot - 10_29_2026 , 7_11_22 AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/4X/7/b/9/7b99e017eb6b0083fd644b93a48ae614ee64d0c7.png) ---
**Author:** ![uweb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/uweb/32/63687_2.png) [@uweb](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/uweb)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2026, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/hatch-pattern-disappears-after-applying-solid-tool-operation/351059/6 "2026-10-31T12:39:58Z")
For me it works nicely also with nested groups/components, as long as the section plane is placed outside of the group/component to cut. Below is an innrer group object and a section plan grouped together and outside of that group is another section plane cutting. However there seems another issue: when I double click to open the group, Sketchup crashes. See attached model. [SectionPlanes and hatch patterns.skp](https://forums.sketchup.com/uploads/short-url/adSg6dj70ySXFi8SlQOGbFVCVSR.skp) (330.0 KB) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/4X/3/1/c/31c78fc01f01e787f3dceabbb9d8d2bac446fc8e.png)