# Free Hatch Patterns by John Hyslop **URL:** \ **Category:** QCAD Script Programming & Contributions\ **Created:** [November 19, 2022, 4:00am UTC](http://forum.qcad.org/t/free-hatch-patterns-by-john-hyslop/7711 "2022-11-19T04:00:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_Hyslop](http://forum.qcad.org/user_avatar/forum.qcad.org/john_hyslop/32/14721_2.png) [@John\_Hyslop](http://forum.qcad.org/u/John_Hyslop)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 4:00am UTC](http://forum.qcad.org/t/free-hatch-patterns-by-john-hyslop/7711/1 "2022-11-19T04:00:38Z")
Hi All I have a collection of hatch patterns spread over quite a few pages 😮 So after a little bit of persuasion I have decided to upload a complete set to date. 😃 Since build 3.24 Qcad & Qcad/CAM some of my patterns have been included so I see no need to include the “PAT” files but I have included a catalogue for your convenience. These are the PAT files to date uploaded on this topic, I will continue to upload single patterns but when I get to the next full page I’ll upload a new catalogue including an updated set of “PAT” files. . **These are my Hatch files that are already included in Qcad..** [Qcad Hatch Pattern Catalogue.pdf](http://forum.qcad.org/uploads/short-url/jpLhzrNy19rFk1YSPPu2f3AtcSN.pdf) (211 KB) . **These are my forum uploads not included in Qcad.** [Forum Hatch Pattern Catalogue - 19-11-22.pdf](http://forum.qcad.org/uploads/short-url/odCqTH9PrOBsaJOoRa3Aiqsk56G.pdf) (288 KB) . **These are all the PAT files from my forum uploads Metric & Imperial..** [My Current Metric Hatch Patterns - 19-11-22.zip](http://forum.qcad.org/uploads/short-url/104DuYJdok9zXp9WMdisNujXD3a.zip) (79.9 KB) [My Current Imperial Hatch Patterns - 19-11-22 .zip](http://forum.qcad.org/uploads/short-url/g4R7BNhbx4060rl3EjzS9ngspy6.zip) (69.1 KB) . I hope this makes it easier for you all.. Cheers John ---
**Author:** ![John\_Hyslop](http://forum.qcad.org/user_avatar/forum.qcad.org/john_hyslop/32/14721_2.png) [@John\_Hyslop](http://forum.qcad.org/u/John_Hyslop)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2022, 9:35am UTC](http://forum.qcad.org/t/free-hatch-patterns-by-john-hyslop/7711/2 "2022-11-20T09:35:21Z")
Hi All I thought I may as well add these too, then you’ll all have a complete catalogue of available hatch patterns.. **Qcad Standard Original Hatch Pattern Collection** The hatch patterns in this catalogue are included in Qcad & Qcad/Cam prior to build 3.24 (© 2011-2022 RibbonSoft, GmbH.) before any of my additions.. . . [Original Standard Qcad Hatch Patterns.pdf](http://forum.qcad.org/uploads/short-url/bEGJRHLXGmYmCCXGEsYy0ImQtPM.pdf) (222 KB) . . Cheers John Hyslop ---
**Author:** ![John\_Hyslop](http://forum.qcad.org/user_avatar/forum.qcad.org/john_hyslop/32/14721_2.png) [@John\_Hyslop](http://forum.qcad.org/u/John_Hyslop)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 9:47am UTC](http://forum.qcad.org/t/free-hatch-patterns-by-john-hyslop/7711/3 "2023-12-06T09:47:47Z")
Hi All This topic has been tidied up as requested “thank you” 🙂 Here are the images relating to the downloads above, I’ve added these as a reference so they can be viewed online prior to any downloads, you can then easily see which patterns you may be interested in without downloading them blindly. I hope this makes it easier for anyone interested in them. The files below are in PNG format … and are named appropriately.. Happy Hatching 😃 John Hyslop **Available in page PDF format in the first two posts.** ![Qcad - My Cusom Hatch Patterns From the Forum.png](https://cdn.qcad.org/original/2X/a/a6da5abcca5379c990e16a924f352c500e89067a.png) **Available in page PDF format in the first two posts.** ![Qcad - My Hatch Patterns - Pre-Installed Since 3.24.png](https://cdn.qcad.org/original/2X/9/9a5ca0bfd15f61ec4cd7a6b49db8b9162716bfd5.png) **Available in page PDF format in the first two posts.** ![Qcad - Standard Original Hatch Patterns.png](https://cdn.qcad.org/original/2X/a/a19f425ef9e8066e6262410d024b925f95841ce6.png) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Hyslop](http://forum.qcad.org/user_avatar/forum.qcad.org/john_hyslop/32/14721_2.png) [@John\_Hyslop](http://forum.qcad.org/u/John_Hyslop)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 6:14am UTC](http://forum.qcad.org/t/free-hatch-patterns-by-john-hyslop/7711/4 "2023-12-07T06:14:30Z")
Many Thanks Husky 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Husky](http://forum.qcad.org/user_avatar/forum.qcad.org/husky/32/13_2.png) [@Husky](http://forum.qcad.org/u/Husky)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](http://forum.qcad.org/t/free-hatch-patterns-by-john-hyslop/7711/5 "2023-12-07T16:37:30Z")
> [@](#): > > Many Thanks Husky 🙂 You’re quite welcome! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Hyslop](http://forum.qcad.org/user_avatar/forum.qcad.org/john_hyslop/32/14721_2.png) [@John\_Hyslop](http://forum.qcad.org/u/John_Hyslop)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 6:54am UTC](http://forum.qcad.org/t/free-hatch-patterns-by-john-hyslop/7711/6 "2024-09-18T06:54:31Z")
Hey All It’s been a while since my last post in this topic so here’s a hatch that can be used for terrain or cliff faces or whatever you like 🙂 . [Terrain - Metric and Imperial.zip](http://forum.qcad.org/uploads/short-url/162aALOP8KWmy1dAImQosIW5VD5.zip) (5.38 KB) ![Terrain.png](https://cdn.qcad.org/original/2X/3/3a572ffef26389cd3660d39f991b6918ffbb5f05.png) . Happy Hatching 😃 Cheers John ---
**Author:** ![CVH](http://forum.qcad.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@CVH](http://forum.qcad.org/u/CVH)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 9:12am UTC](http://forum.qcad.org/t/free-hatch-patterns-by-john-hyslop/7711/7 "2024-09-18T09:12:22Z")
Nice job you two 😛 , I see already a max cloning load of 5 for some entries. 306 entries and a total cloning load of 714 per tile starts to show some latency when rendering for somewhat larger areas. Meaning that you are supporting more orientations. 4 tiles to the right an 1 tile up is then atan(1/4) = 14.0362434679264…° The amount of clones to shift one tile up in any direction is then 1+4=5. The fix to the QCAD logo pattern comes to my mind. 14.036243,1.96,17.92,24.44759098,-6.11189774,1.15446958,-102.7477923 Can also be written as: 14.0362434679264,1.96,17.92, **-24.4** 475910036623, **6.111** 89775091559,1.15446958,-102.747792185565 (Tile2Hatch, Full FP, Load:5) Being more stable in the long run by the negation of 2 values, not taken into account that the definition is more precise with more decimals. This was something detected when mimicking the results of [Hatchkit](https://www.hatchkit.com.au/faq.php) patterns. When to inverse and when not has to do with the angle … I need to verify my Tile2Hatch code for that. For the record: 25.2 by 25.2 tiles, 4 right and 1 up are point per point 103.902261765565 apart. The sum of the dash and the space of the example is somewhat more: 103.9022619 😉 Regards, CVH ---
**Author:** ![John\_Hyslop](http://forum.qcad.org/user_avatar/forum.qcad.org/john_hyslop/32/14721_2.png) [@John\_Hyslop](http://forum.qcad.org/u/John_Hyslop)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 9:35am UTC](http://forum.qcad.org/t/free-hatch-patterns-by-john-hyslop/7711/8 "2024-09-18T09:35:18Z")
**Cool 😎** ---
**Author:** ![John\_Hyslop](http://forum.qcad.org/user_avatar/forum.qcad.org/john_hyslop/32/14721_2.png) [@John\_Hyslop](http://forum.qcad.org/u/John_Hyslop)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 9:24am UTC](http://forum.qcad.org/t/free-hatch-patterns-by-john-hyslop/7711/9 "2025-03-14T09:24:29Z")
Hi All 😃 **How about this purr-fectly groovy hatch pattern for all the cat lovers out there?** 🐱 Created using our free, simple, and easy-to-use basic hatch pattern maker—Version 1.5 is now available for download! 👉 Grab it here: > **[Basic Pattern Maker \[Windows & Linux \]](https://forum.qcad.org/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=9995&start=15#p46115)** > > Hi all It’s been a while since I’ve posted so hopefully you’ll all like this one 🙂 I was working on this very simple pattern maker and PeteVick asked me if I was interested in sharing the code because my compiler was limited to Windows only Apps... Happy Hatching! 😺 John & PeteVick If you only want this hatch pattern, here it is below, in the zipper.. … [BPM - Cat Paving - Metric and Imperial.zip](http://forum.qcad.org/uploads/short-url/cEHaQ9PBKMk74ieVULTxC4uWr8Y.zip) (7.38 KB) … ![Cat Paving Hatch.png](https://cdn.qcad.org/original/2X/0/01192b72cc4b5b221c3403d7e1148bf599c99090.png) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Hyslop](http://forum.qcad.org/user_avatar/forum.qcad.org/john_hyslop/32/14721_2.png) [@John\_Hyslop](http://forum.qcad.org/u/John_Hyslop)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 7:33am UTC](http://forum.qcad.org/t/free-hatch-patterns-by-john-hyslop/7711/10 "2025-03-16T07:33:54Z")
Hey All, This is the same pattern as above but with less density 🙂 [BPM - Cat Paving - Less Dense - Metric and Imperial.zip](http://forum.qcad.org/uploads/short-url/d5R4LFPhWSZd0iWfB9XN7OpKQNo.zip) (5.99 KB) Happy Hatching 😃 John & Pete ---
**Author:** ![John\_Hyslop](http://forum.qcad.org/user_avatar/forum.qcad.org/john_hyslop/32/14721_2.png) [@John\_Hyslop](http://forum.qcad.org/u/John_Hyslop)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 2:26am UTC](http://forum.qcad.org/t/free-hatch-patterns-by-john-hyslop/7711/11 "2025-06-10T02:26:48Z")
Hey all, I needed to apply a hatch to an Inventor drawing (yes, these hatches can be used in Autodesk Inventor too! 😉 ). While doing that, I noticed an issue: the PLATE-05 Type A metric hatch was showing 4 bars instead of 5 😊 Since 5-bar tread plate is one of the most commonly used types here in Australia, and I needed it for a job yesterday, I went ahead and fixed it. I’ve attached the corrected version—just overwrite the existing metric one with this: [PLATE-05A - Metric - Corrected.zip](http://forum.qcad.org/uploads/short-url/mYyUCYBrIRXDLJDMYMsP6HRwA0W.zip) (937 Bytes) Here’s the job I was working on (screenshot below): ![Tread Plate 5 Bar Correction.png](https://cdn.qcad.org/original/2X/e/ea3d6f726ac5f817ac8f0833f7bbb70719e71005.jpeg) Cheers John ---
**Author:** ![John\_Hyslop](http://forum.qcad.org/user_avatar/forum.qcad.org/john_hyslop/32/14721_2.png) [@John\_Hyslop](http://forum.qcad.org/u/John_Hyslop)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 3:16am UTC](http://forum.qcad.org/t/free-hatch-patterns-by-john-hyslop/7711/12 "2025-12-21T03:16:39Z")
Hi All, Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Festive hatch pattern below. [Merry\_Christmas - Metric and Imperial.zip](http://forum.qcad.org/uploads/short-url/tl5LxkOpB4lVY7DrkrItdie8f5W.zip) (6.02 KB) ![Basic Pattern Maker - Xmas Hatch.png](https://cdn.qcad.org/original/2X/2/271eaf2fa84e67cdf07571b7f3036aadee0af954.png) Cheers, John Hyslop ---
**Author:** ![Husky](http://forum.qcad.org/user_avatar/forum.qcad.org/husky/32/13_2.png) [@Husky](http://forum.qcad.org/u/Husky)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 2:39am UTC](http://forum.qcad.org/t/free-hatch-patterns-by-john-hyslop/7711/13 "2025-12-25T02:39:28Z")
Thank you! I wish you, Pete and Andrew the same from the bottom of my heart. Thank you all for using your time and knowledge to make Qcad even better and for not forgetting to have fun with it. Productivity and fun — there’s no better combination! Right? Cheers Husky ---
**Author:** ![slr9oh](http://forum.qcad.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@slr9oh](http://forum.qcad.org/u/slr9oh)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 11:57am UTC](http://forum.qcad.org/t/free-hatch-patterns-by-john-hyslop/7711/14 "2026-07-14T11:57:23Z")
Awhile back I found the insulation.pat file that I thought John H created either with the Basic Hatch Tool or other method. It’s the batts insulation pattern. I’ve used it in one of my files. But now I can’t find anything on where to find it again or how to create it for import into other files. Any help? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Hyslop](http://forum.qcad.org/user_avatar/forum.qcad.org/john_hyslop/32/14721_2.png) [@John\_Hyslop](http://forum.qcad.org/u/John_Hyslop)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](http://forum.qcad.org/t/free-hatch-patterns-by-john-hyslop/7711/15 "2026-07-14T12:24:58Z")
> [@Free Hatch Patterns](https://forum.qcad.org/t/free-hatch-patterns/4958/105): > > Hi All Another Pattern Taking Scaling into Consideration… PS These of coarse are only some samples of scaling , you can scale any size you like slight_smile . I left a small gap between the rows so the pattern can easily be aligned with the cavity without showing the next row.. Consider Using LineType “Batting” , Never Knew This Existed. blush .. I’ll Leave This One Here Anyway smiley . [INSULATION-01 - Metric and Imperial.zip](http://forum.qcad.org/uploads/short-url/6fcDSBFgdwsKroi2HXAUz4kCSCn.zip) (112 KB) . . Is this it .🤔 Let me know is this is what you were looking for.. Cheers John Hyslop ---
**Author:** ![slr9oh](http://forum.qcad.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@slr9oh](http://forum.qcad.org/u/slr9oh)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 12:32am UTC](http://forum.qcad.org/t/free-hatch-patterns-by-john-hyslop/7711/16 "2026-07-16T00:32:17Z")
Yes it is! Thanks very much. Is it on the internet or in a forum? I sure couldn’t find it _ **Steve Robinson** _ Beavercreek, OH ---
**Author:** ![John\_Hyslop](http://forum.qcad.org/user_avatar/forum.qcad.org/john_hyslop/32/14721_2.png) [@John\_Hyslop](http://forum.qcad.org/u/John_Hyslop)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 9:51am UTC](http://forum.qcad.org/t/free-hatch-patterns-by-john-hyslop/7711/17 "2026-07-16T09:51:04Z")
Hi Steven It’s in my reply, click on the zip and download it 😉 Cheers John ---
**Author:** ![slr9oh](http://forum.qcad.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@slr9oh](http://forum.qcad.org/u/slr9oh)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](http://forum.qcad.org/t/free-hatch-patterns-by-john-hyslop/7711/18 "2026-07-16T16:16:13Z")
John, I did download the file from your first email and really appreciate it. My reply was referring to about not finding it on the net anywhere, hence contacting you. Wondering if it had been taken off the net or the forum. Sorry I wasn’t clear. **_Steve Robinson_** Beavercreek, OH ---
**Author:** ![John\_Hyslop](http://forum.qcad.org/user_avatar/forum.qcad.org/john_hyslop/32/14721_2.png) [@John\_Hyslop](http://forum.qcad.org/u/John_Hyslop)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](http://forum.qcad.org/t/free-hatch-patterns-by-john-hyslop/7711/19 "2026-07-16T17:43:43Z")
Hi Steven No worries, it’s on the forum, I’m still getting used to the new style forum too. Happy Hatching 🙂 Cheers John