Fix Assistant: Hatched panels and how to read them

This page lists special cases of detected drawing errors.

The first case presents an error-free scenario and serves as a baseline against which to compare the other three cases. Each of them involves a specific situation that depends on whether there are:

In each case, hatching indicates how the panels relate to each other.

I. No unclosed panels II. Unclosed contour between inner panels III. Objects in an outer panel that are in noncutting styles IV. Unclosed outer panel

I. (1) All panels are closed. (2) The outer contours are in a cutting style

All the panels are hatched. Neighboring panels are hatched in different colors.

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II. (1) All outer panels are closed. (2) An unclosed contour exists between two inner panels

All panels are hatched. Notice that panels on either side of an unclosed inner contour are hatched in the same color.

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III. (1) All panels are closed. (2) There are objects in outer contours that are in a noncutting style.

All panels are hatched. Neighboring panels are hatched in different colors.

IMPORTANT: Notice that the hatching is paler than normal. This indicates that there is an outer contour in a style that is not meant to be cut.

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IV. An original outer panel is not closed. As a result, a new outer contour has been formed in a style that is not meant to be cut.

The original outer panel is not closed and therefore not hatched. Its neighbor has become the new outer panel. The hatching of other panels is paler than normal because the left-hand neighbor of the outer nonclosed panel is now the new outer panel. In it, an outer contour is in a style not meant to be cut.

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