FILL STYLE

Purpose:

1. Purpose: To add, modify or remove the fill style of contours in the current drawing. Any combination of hatch patterns can be added to contours in the drawing, using the Marine Fill Style concept. A Fill Style can be system-defined or user-defined, and contains the definition of an arbitrary number of hatch patterns. Refer to Marine documentation for information about user-defined Fill Styles. The fill style can be applied to any contour in the drawing, closed or possible to close. It is also possible to apply the fill style on a general area defined by multiple contours.

Instructions:

2. In the Modify menu, click Fill Style.

3. A dialog showing all available fill styles appears and the user is requested to select the desired fill style (including Solid Fill) and also associated properties. Initially, the values in the dialog is unset (that means, the values will be fetched from the target contour/fill style).

   

4. To remove a fill style, select No Fill. No selection means use target value.

5. The associated properties (not applicable for Solid Fill) are:

   • Unit System - controls if length in hatch pattern definitions should be interpreted in Drawing or World units (blank field means use target value)

   • Layer - layer of contours in fill style evaluation (blank field means use target value)

   • Colour - color of fill style evaluation. If "Same As Border" is checked, the color will be the same as the contour (always the case of Solid Fill is selected). An indeterminate check status means use target definition.

6. It is also possible to collect the fill style and associated properties from an existing contour in the drawing: just click Copy and indicate the fill style.

7. Next, the user is prompted to repeatedly indicate the contours/fill styles to modify. Clicking Options here gives the user the possibility to define a general closed area to apply the fill style on.

Options:

The same functionality can be achieved by right-clicking on a contour or fill style. Here, the dialog will be initiated with the source values.

Result:

The fill style of user-selected contour are modified.