Another random system variable

A couple weeks ago I got an IM from a colleague with an AutoCAD puzzle: Hatches refused to show up in a drawing. The command looked like it worked just fine, but the end result was nothing. All layers were on & thawed. Hmm…

I finally landed on the answer: FILLMODE. It had been set to 0, causing hatches, polylines, and 2D solids to appear empty. It took me a few minutes to figure it out, mainly because I forgot that FILLMODE can affect hatches—I thought it was only for polylines.

But I eventually remembered, and hopefully now you will too.

Comments

[R.K. McSwain]

Turning off Fillmode can help speed up editing large drawings.... Just remember to turn it back on....