Posted by CalZon65 on May 08, 2024; 4:03pm
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/Overlay-Issue-tp5724734p5724759.html

Good discussion, thank you for the opinions/suggestions.

As dxli posted, it would be a bit of work to address this hatch issue/feature discussed.  I understand this because I started my career as a professional software engineer many years ago.

It's not as simple as filling in "black" between hatch lines/curves.  For example, hatch lines/curves show up as white on a computer screen but black on a printed drawing (let's ignore colors for now).  So, the so-called "fill" between hatch lines/curves would need to show up as "black" on a screen, blocking hatch pattern(s) underneath, but when you print a drawing, that same "fill" would need to show up as "no ink" on the paper, while still blocking hatch pattern(s) underneath.  It would be a cool feature but a bit involved to implement.

If the developers do decide to add this feature to the list of improvements, I suggest adding a check box (on/off toggle) to the selected Hatch (on that setting screen where you check the box for solid hatch) allowing a user to toggle overlaying a Hatch pattern over (covering) Hatch pattern(s) underneath but a setting that is specific an individual Hatch pattern (not a system wide setting).