transparent hatching

[Bayou]

How do I make a solid hatch translucent? Acad 2000, 2002, or 2004?

I know Microstation and ArcMap can do it; so I'm assuming Acad can to as well.

Application: Highlighting an area on an aerial.

 

[CDH]

The only thing I can think of off hand would be to use one of your colors that is set to plot half-tone.

 

[TravisMack]

To do what I think you are suggesting, I make the hatch a color that I have screened to approx 20%. I then select the item and use the Display Order and Send to Back.

 

[Exxit]

Bayou,
IMHO, there's no way to make a solid hatch translucent. You can use a trick maybe. Hatch with dots. More:

http://www.cadalyst.com/cadalyst/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=79408

(Figure 7)

best regards, Lothar

ADT 2004
ACAD 2002

 

[CDH]

I have used solid hatch before, setting to a halftone pen, and it works fine. You can also do the same thing with a standard ANSI31 pattern and setting the scale very small, so the lines are close together, and use a halftone pen.