

In this exercise, you will learn how to use the Hatch command to apply basic flooring patterns to rooms. During the course, you will get access to the accompanying class files, live instructor demonstrations, and hands-on instruction.

This will bring up a dialog box containing all of the paths AutoCAD looks in for various files.Note: These materials are provided to give prospective students a sense of how we structure our class exercises and supplementary materials. Click on the “Support File Search Path” tab. pat file folder location, you will need to type OP for Options. PAT file can also be located in program files under your program files autocad-version support folder. These will vary depending on your machine and version of AutoCAD.Ĭ:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD 20xx\Rxx.x\enu\Support\acad.patĬ:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD LT 20xx\Rxx.x\enu\Support\acadlt.pat

Typical locations are where %USERNAME% is your name and xx.x is the version. Then in the top you can right click and copy the folder location(s) to a text file. Once the search is completed, right click on each pat file found you’ll have the option to choose Open File Location (or the folder where it resides). This search should bring up any instance of all the available PAT files. You can do this by opening the File Explorer (press Ctrl E), then proceed by clicking on the “This PC” in the left window pane, and typing in the keyword “acad.pat” into the top box in upper right and press Enter. The first step in locating your AutoCAD hatch pattern (.pat) file is to search for it within Windows. Here’s a quick tip on how to locate your AutoCAD Hatch Patterns and then set the path. The problem may arise when you have multiple installations of AutoCAD you may have more than one. The path to your hatch pattern definitions can be found in the Support folder in AutoCAD. This PAT file is loaded every time you open a drawing in AutoCAD, and is used to set the default hatch patterns available in AutoCAD. The acad.pat (pattern / hatch) is a text file in AutoCAD that contains the source code for your hatch patterns.
