You can manage hatches in three main areas:
The fastest way to access the Archicad hatch menu without digging through menus is the Info Box. When you select a wall or slab, the Info Box displays a small square icon labeled Fill. Clicking it opens the Fill pop-up, allowing you to scroll through previews of every hatch in your project.
Yes — but only for drafting and temporary marks. Examples: archicad hatch
Never rely on fills for final material representation. That’s what surface hatches are for.
Complex hatches with small dots or irregular blobs work best. Create a low‑contrast grey pattern so it doesn’t overpower the building footprint. You can manage hatches in three main areas:
ArchiCAD 22+ introduced "Distorted Fills." This allows you to apply a fill to a non-rectangular shape (like a trapezoidal site plot) and have the hatch pattern follow the distortion (converge) rather than remaining strictly orthogonal.
For complex hatches, you need a .PAT file (same format as AutoCAD).
You can: Never rely on fills for final material representation
ARCHICAD provides a sophisticated, layer-independent 2D Hatching system that goes beyond simple pattern filling. It is designed to bridge the gap between design intent, construction documentation, and material representation.