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Signatures

External signatures File extension: pat
Internal signatures
Name AutoCAD Hatch Pattern
Description Top line: asterisk, then a filename (up to 31 characters) that will start with a minimum of one letter or number, followed by an optional description then a line-ending. Second line: A minimum of 5 numeric (integer or floating point) values, representing Angle, X-origin, Y-origin, Delta-x, Delta-y (further values may represent optional dashes). Origins and Deltas may be negative or positive. A comma will follow each numeric value and each line will be terminated with a line ending.
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Maximum Offset 0
Byte order  
Value 2A([30:39]|[41:5A]|[61:7A]){0-80}0D0A{0-10}[30:39]2C20{0-10}[30:39]2C([30:39]|2D[30:39]|2E[30:39]){0-10}2C20{0-10}[30:39]2C([30:39]|2D[30:39]|2E[30:39]){0-128}0D0A
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