another. The ellipse expands or contracts as you drag away from or toward the starting point. Hatch inks You use the Hatch tab in the Inks palette to apply hatch inks. The Hatch manager lets you customize hatch inks. For general instruc- tions, see “Using Inks Managers” on page 18.314. Hatch inks are patterns made of groups of lines. You can specify the number of line groups and the angle, offset, and origin of each group. You can assign a pen size, color, and dash to each line group, and you can select a fill ink to be the background of the hatch ink. Hatch inks are often used in illustrations to distinguish different materials in cross sections, machine diagrams, and maps. To select a line group for editing When you create a hatch ink in the Hatch manager, click a line in the edit box to select the line group. Selection handles appear where the selected line group intersects the edit box. Hatch tab in the Inks palette Hatch manager When you create a hatch ink, you can set the number of line groups and other attributes. A    Preview. Click a line group in the preview box to select it. Tiny handles appear where the selected group meets the edge. B    Pen color. Choose a color for the selected line group in the pop-up menu. You can choose a preset color or define a custom color; see “Creating custom colors in pop-up pal- ettes” on page 18.320. C    Fill ink. Select an ink to use as the hatch ink background. D    Dash. Choose a dash pat- tern for the selected line group. Add Line. Click to add a new line group to the preview box. Clear. Click to delete the selected line group (unless only one group is present). See the next section for infor- mation on setting Pen, Angle, Offset, and Origin. A B C D
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