Hatch - Archicad

This method is excellent for quickly expanding your fill library with professionally designed patterns such as insulation hatches, wood textures, or site plan patterns.

In Archicad, the official name for what most people call a "hatch" is actually a Fill . According to the official Graphisoft Help Center, “Fills are geometric 2D hatching patterns that help you distinguish and decorate the elements of your project”. They can appear in floor plans, sections, elevations, and even as vectorial hatching in 3D windows.

In Archicad, "hatching" is handled via the . Understanding how to manage these fills is essential for clean documentation and professional 2D/3D representation. Core Fill Types in Archicad Archicad categorizes fills into four main types: Solid Fills archicad hatch

Used to represent the top surface of slabs, roofs, shells, and meshes.

: Early-stage design exploration with quick visualization of materials and textures. This method is excellent for quickly expanding your

Sometimes the hatch needs to align with the roof pitch or wall angle.

A recent Graphisoft Community Tip highlighted a powerful trick: You can add Fills inside Symbol Fill definitions. What does this mean? They can appear in floor plans, sections, elevations,

Used exclusively to define the backgrounds, colors, or patterns of designated zones (rooms) on a floor plan. 2. Fill Types and How They Work

In the Fill Settings dialog, choose between Scale-independent (Paper Size) and Scale with plan (Model Size) . Paper size keeps line spacing identical on your physical screen regardless of zoom, which is ideal for text annotations. Model size resizes dynamically based on whether your drawing is set to 1:50, 1:100, or 1:200.