
Repeat this process until you have completed all the paving types Now if you open AutoCAD click on the hatch you want to change, “Right Click” and go to “Edit Hatch” then click on the “Swatch”.Ĭlick on “Custom” and you should see all your new hatches, (Note: make sure your scale factor is set to 1) Now you need to locate the folder that the pat files need to be saved in: C:\Users\your user name\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2017\R21.0\enu\SupportĬopy or move the new. Repeat this until you have all the patens created pat, this will make it an AutoCAD paten file. Locate the file and change the extension from. txt file from Notepad and save this to your system Once you have done this copy the below cellsĬopy this into a blank. Simply fill in the cells with the paving name description and size.


When you open the file you have two different paving options, “Stacked Patten” and “Staggered Pattern” It is really easy to use and also has its own instructions in the file.

I have an Excel document I have used for years to create paving, please see attached: This is a question that always comes up within landscape teams, sometimes you have to show exact sizing for paving hatches.
