Creating Color Gradient Fills¶

Use the FillArea command to fill an enclosed area or specified entities with a solid color or a color gradient. Like hatches, color fills add meaning to drawings and help differentiate materials and areas.

To create a color fill:

Do one of the following:
- On the menu, click Draw > Hatch/Fill.
- On the ribbon, click Home > Draw > (Flyout) Fill area.
- Type FillArea.
When the ribbon is active, the Hatch Creation contextual ribbon tab appears. Otherwise, the Hatch / Fill dialog box appears.
Select Fill.
Configure the Colors of gradients by clicking One color or Two colors, selecting a a color by clicking , and applying the Dark Light slider.

Note: To create a uniform solid fill, click One Color, then enter 50 in the field next to the Dark-Light slider.
Choose a color gradient style from the Style list:
Update Orientation by setting the Angle and optionally selecting Symmetric to ensure the pattern is symmetric within the boundaries.
Specify the Boundary settings.
- Specify entities . Lets you select the entities that form the boundary.
- Specify points . Lets you click points in enclosed areas to define the boundaries.
- Rebuild boundary . Replaces a boundary after removing (enabled only when using the EditHatch command).
- Delete boundary entities . Removes boundaries from the set of entities that form the boundaries.
- Highlight boundary entities . Displays the boundaries in the drawing.
Optionally, set additional options:
- See Setting Additional Options for Hatches and Gradient Fills
- See Setting Behavior Options for Hatch and Fill Boundaries
Click Preview to view the color settings before applying.
Click OK to apply the fill settings.