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Every time my cursor crosses the hatch pattern listed as CTLSTN_HR, even if I don't click on it, it locks u p my program for upwards of 5-10 minutes. I have tried deleting this pattern but it won't go away. Any thoughts on why it does this and how to get rid of it?
Thanks

I suspect that the hatch pattern you mentioned is trying to render an extremely dense preview that is taking a long time. If you do want to continue using this pattern then you can edit the DHP file and reduce the Display Scale setting so that the preview is not so dense (I think you will need to exit and then restart DC for the change to take effect)

My understanding is that if you have previously used an associative hatch in a drawing then the pattern is stored in the drawing file (even if the associative hatch has since been deleted), so deleting or editing the DHP file may not be effective for that drawing. You can use File/Purge and select to Purge Empty or Unused Hatch Patterns in the section at the bottom of the Purge dialog to save a copy of the drawing from which unused hatch patterns have been removed.

Hope this is helpful.

If you need to keep that hatch in the drawing, you can also temporarily change it to a much simpler hatch (ie. ANSI 31) while you're working on it, and then replace it with the more complex hatch before you print/plot for real. You could probably also use two different hatches (one complex and one simple) on different layers and use the GTV's to turn each one on/off when you're ready to publish.

Two other options:

1. Go to the Utility menu, pick the display option, and unselect F3, "Hatches".

2. Put that hatch (and any other for simplicity) on a unique layer and simply turn it off while working on the file; just remember to turn it on for your final print.

You can probably also hold down the END key to get out of it locking up as well if needed.

Hi,

I think that like Linetypes, you have the option to only show hatch patterns that are already loaded?

Another possible solution is to Purge Unused hatch patterns.

You can go to the DataCAD/Support Files/Hatch Patterns (I think?) and move that pattern file out of the main folder - or you can choose to delete it.

I deleted my reply because I only had time to experiment for a few minutes. "Scale=" would seem to me to be a control for the scale of the pattern within the drawing, while "Display Scale=" would be what would be seen in the Pattern List. Yet, when I changed it in the dhp file, the Scale= changed the density of the pattern in the box. When I changed the value of Display Scale=, I didn't see a change in the box. What I just realized is that I set the value of Display Scale= to a number that was outside the number of available scale settings. That made the display ignore my value and simply show the display as the Scale= value.
I do recall deleting a pattern or two years ago that were doing exactly what is the problem here. At the time, I had never needed those patterns, so didn't take the time to figure out how to change the display.

Is there anyway to change all the settings in all the files from like
Scale=200 to Scale=500
or
Display scale from
Display Scale=10 to Display Scale=4?