Posted by Mike Hayes on
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/Hatching-using-standard-pat-files-tp5712632p5713116.html

Yes, first let me say I'm not suggesting that .pat files are necessarily better than LibreCAD's native method of handling hatch patterns.

It is simply the case that .pat files are a common standard that most other CAD software recognises.

I think one of the keys to maximising the number of users adopting LibreCAD is to maximise compatiblity. That is an approach that has benefitted LibreOffice for example.