Creating Color Gradient Fills

Use the FillArea command to fill an enclosed area or specified entities with a solid color or a color gradient. Like hatches, color fills add meaning to drawings and help differentiate materials and areas.

To create a color fill:

1. Do one of the following:
   • Click Draw > Hatch/Fill.
   • Type FillArea.
   • On the toolbar, click Hatch/Fill.
2. In the Hatch dialog box, do the following:
   • On the Fill tab: Configure the color fill
   • On the Settings tab: Specify the boundaries for fill areas
3. Optionally, specify additional options for fill and boundary:
   • See Setting Additional Options for Hatches (annotative scaling, placement, transparency).
   • See Setting Behavior Options for Hatch Boundaries.
4. Click .

To configure the color fill:

1. In the Hatch dialog box, select Fill.
2. In Colors settings, configure the Colors of gradients:
   1. Select One color or Two colors.
   2. Click Choose color and select a color.
   3. Apply the Dark Light slider.

   Note: To create a uniform solid fill, click One Color, then enter 50 in the field next to the Dark-Light slider.

3. Choose a color gradient style from the Choose Style list.

   

4. Change the orientation by setting the Angle.
5. Optionally, select Symmetric to ensure the pattern is symmetric within the boundaries.
6. Click .

To fill entities using properties of a selected gradient fill:

1. Do one of the following:
   • On the menu, click Draw > Hatch/Fill.
   • Type Hatch.
   • On the toolbar, click Hatch/Fill.
2. In the Hatch dialog box, on the Fill tab, click Use properties of selected hatch.
3. In the graphics area, click an entity to specify the gradient fill.
4. In the Hatch dialog box, click .

To specify boundaries for fill areas:

In the Hatch dialog box, on the Hatch tab, select a method to specify boundaries.

Button	Function	Description
	Specify entities	Lets you select the entities that form the boundary.
	Specify points	Lets you click points in enclosed areas to define the boundaries.
	Rebuild boundary	Replaces a boundary after removing (enabled only when using the EditHatch command).
	Delete boundary entities	Removes boundaries from the set of entities that form the boundaries.
	Highlight boundary entities	Displays the boundaries in the drawing.

Access

Command: FillArea

Menu: Draw > Hatch/Fill

Toolbar: Hatch/Fill