Hatch not visible with ECW in the model

Cduncan
Cduncan
in Printing and Plotting

Hi all,

i am having issue with plotting on Bricsy. i am trying to display a group of circles that are hatched on top of an ECW. i have ensured to move the ECW to the back and bring the hatch and linework to the front. i have also tried block referencing the boundary lines and the hatch together but for some reason in the paper space only the linework and ECW shows. i am using solid hatch type, without the ECW inserted this shows perfectly fine. if anyone is aware of a fix please let me know. i have also changed my visual style from realistic to 2d wireframe but this only affected the hatch in model space, in paper space it appears the same without the hatch.

Screenshot 2026-03-13 055032.png

With ECW (Circle clearly visible)

Screenshot 2026-03-13 055049.png

Without ECW

If anyone has come across this before and has a solution please let me know.

Cheers,

Comments

  • ALANH
    ALANH
    edited 1:46AM

    There was another post about this problem. If the hatch is contained within an existing circle does "CHSPACE the hatch" help. It will mean the hatch is in paperspace not in a layout viewport. You may then want to rehatch in model so as it make it look like a hatch is there.

  • Lyubov Osina
    Lyubov Osina

    Also note that for printing paper space entities on the top of others you might need to check in the option "Plot paperspace last".

    plot_paperspace_last.png

  • ScottS
    ScottS

    I have had similar troubles overlaying jpeg or png images with circular solid hatches that disappear, though inconsistently. Sometimes the situation is like the OP, sometimes both the image and hatch are in paperspace, and sometimes the hatch disappears in paperspace but shows up fine in the printed output.