Digitize Hatch

Digitizing a hatch.

The Digitize Hatch command will measure the distance of all the intersecting points within a hatched area. For example a hatch in a rectangular area on a wall can be measured to determine high and low points in order to effectively clad with glass or stone.

Follow these instructions to digitize a hatch.

1. From the ‘Flexijet’ Ribbon, select Digitize Hatch from the ‘Series of measurements’ drop-down menu.
   

2. Select the hatch that you want to digitalize. Click here to learn how to create a Hatch.

3. From the window that appears, select the desired options.
   

4. The Flexijet will now measure all the points on the grid, moving through the points sequentially until it has completed all the measurements.

5. When completed, FlexiCAD will display ‘Finished. Max and Min will be displayed on the drawing.
   

For version (3.2.7.0) and earlier.

1. From the ‘Flexijet’ Ribbon, select Digitize Hatch from the ‘Series of measurements’ drop-down menu.
   

2. Follow the Command Window prompts to Select the Object (hatch) to be digitized (and press enter to confirm), set a value for Distance (if exceeded points are shown, usually ‘0’) or press ‘Enter’ to use the default value, and then decide whether to Insert distance Stamp by inputting ‘1’ for Yes or ‘0’ for No. This determines whether to display the distance numbers.

3. Then, you will be prompted to set a reference point with the Flexijet for the distances to be measured, from which the point distances are measured. This is the ‘base’ value for the distance grid to be displayed. Recommended: If you want your scan to be relative to your current plane, set this by clicking an element in your drawing that is set to this plane. Or, you can measure a particular point as a reference.

4. The Flexijet will now measure all the points on the grid, moving through the points sequentially until it has completed all the measurements.

5. When completed, FlexiCAD will display ‘Finished’, followed by the minimum and maximum distances measured.
   

6. Change the point size to better view the color-coded elevation map by going to Point style on the ‘Draw’ ribbon. You must change the point size to be larger to view the points. If working in inches, a value of 1 is often appropriate.
   
   
   

Note: in earlier versions of FlexiCAD/Flexijet Stone, the ‘Hatch’ tool may only function with closed contours such as polylines. In this case, use the ‘Single Elements to Polyline’ tool found under the ‘change’ ribbon to create a polyline first, which can then be hatched.

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