Hatching in Layout

[Josef1]

Hi all,

I am wondering if there is solution to make this hatching more defined. I hatched the materials on SketchUp itself, cause I find hatching in layout a time waster.

Unfortunately on SketchUp there is a limited selection of hatching patterns. Any help is appreciated.

[DaveR]

@Josef1

I am wondering if there is solution to make this hatching more defined.

What exactly do you mean by “more defined”? What do you want it to look like? You can manipulate the hatching pattern if you need to.

@Josef1

Unfortunately on SketchUp there is a limited selection of hatching patterns.

You can add hatching materials in SketchUp if you need something different from what is included.

[Josef1]

hi Dave,

Resolution wise, it looks ■■■■.

Re other hatch patterns, I couldn’t find good looking ones.

[DaveR]

@Josef1

Resolution wise, it looks ■■■■.

Hatching is an image. Just as with other images the resolution wis controlled with the settings in Document Setup>Rendering.

Keep in mind that what you see in LayOut may be different from what you see in the export since the Display Resolution may be set lower than the Output Resolution.

@Josef1

Re other hatch patterns, I couldn’t find good looking ones.

You could make your own if you can’t find something suitable. What exactly are you looking for?

[Turnervisual]

Layout & Sketchup’s Hatching ability is natively very lacking. We work around this by creating hatch patterns in Sketchup as flat, 2D geometry, then creating views for each material. You can then overlay your layout documents with viewports that end up being vector hatching (which is the only acceptable minimum standard in CAD).

[AK_SAM]

Agreed!

It would be ideal for SketchUp and LayOut to share the same Material Library (skm), and also for LayOut to adopt the same editing properties as SketchUp, eg to edit the colour or saturation.

Vector Hatching should be available by now!! What’s taking so long?

Exploding the SKP linework in LayOut allows for some manipulation - but then it’s not aways updated if the model changes. LayOUt isnt good at trimming things to suit an area of a face. I mean , you can do it - but who wants to manually position a series of lines in LayOut? (or SketchUp).

I use a range of PNG patterns, which are images, but I make versions (using Photoshop or similar) that are high resolution. This is fine for PDF out put but no good for export to other CAD formats.

I’ve attached some examples, including the SKM (material files).

Note that in SketchUp, if you make the linework a certain colour (I use grey), then you can edit the line/pattern colour within SketchUp using the material editor.

In LayOut you can fill objects using the PNG as a pattern fill, but you will need different versions for different colours.

Lines-Medium-Coloured.skm (2.9 KB)
StripGrey1.skm (2.6 KB)

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[andy_muzz]

Hey Turnervisual. Can i ask a quick follow up on this. When you say you make your pattern in sketchup as a flat, 2D geometry, you mean your pattern has actual sketchup lines? like drawing the pattern on a face for instance? So that there are actual sketchup vector lines?

Just curious how you get to the Valhalla that is vector hatch fills. trying to do this especially in section cuts.

[PaulMcAlenan]

Hatch patterns in Layout

In LO I have ready made scaled drawing ‘components’ in a scrapbook - e.g. blocks, bricks, etc. which I just drop into the drawing. I also have SU linework hatch patterns (still working out the best scale factor) which I have in a LO scrapbook. I can drop these SU hatch patterns into the drawing and make them any size I want and set the scale accordingly in the model info panel. If I need a non-rectangular hatch pattern I will draw my shape around the SU hatch pattern and then use clipping mas…

Pattern as fill for Sections

Or if your hatching needs are simple you could try Vector hatches in LO • sketchUcation • 1 I use this method and have a scrapbook of frequent shapes, e.g. brick and other masonry units, foundations, etc. And I’ve created some other patterns. The advantage is that the patterns are vector. Obviously this won’t work for everyone.

And if you want to explore – it’s a hack and some would consider it very tedious

Layout Clipping Masking

Here’s something curious I stubbled upon years ago but recently realised it was useful for creating a more complex clipping mask. ( Has this been posted about before? ) So, from an exploded vector rendered viewport I was able to extract the following group, but is it a ‘group’…? [Screenshot 2021-05-27 130206] [Screenshot 2021-05-27 130238] For clarity I applied a stroke and turned off fill… [Screenshot 2021-05-27 130339] I can use this to create a clipping mask… [Screenshot 2021-05-2…

[RichardJeffrey]

You can create hatch patterns easily in LayOut! Modify your page setup to say 200mm x 200mm > turn on print page colour > draw your hatch pattern so to make it repeatable > save as *.PNG at resolution required! Done, use this in your SketchUp file!