Hatch scaling when scaling hatch object

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Hi there,

I don’t believe I fully understand hatch scaling, but I am wondering the following.

With model space hatch scaling Disabled, this is what happens when I increase/decrease the scale of a hatch object. The scale of the hatch remains 1.

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With model space hatch scaling Enabled, and the hatch scale is set to 1 in the options; when I resized the hatch object, the hatch scale also appears as the same size.

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I am wondering/hoping there’s a way to have the following option. When a hatch object is scaled up or down, the user can set it so that the scale of the hatch object increases or decreases proportionally with the scaling action?

Best,
Jeremy

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Yeah, this has been asked for previously. Right now it is not possible. I have a proportional hatch scaling script (below), but you still have to re-select the hatches whose borders you scaled in a second operation and enter the same scale factor. FWIW.

ScaleHatchPatterns.py (1.2 KB)

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Thanks Mitch,

I use your script very often, but yea, the two processes could be streamlined/combined with an option.

Definitely have limited understanding of how Rhino is coded, but wondering what makes things such as this possible/not possible?

-Jeremy

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If it can be scripted, it can be coded into Rhino. Basically I think it would just need an option checkbox somewhere that says “Scale hatch patterns when hatches are scaled”.

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