For engineering drawing, your solution is...
...because it's definitely about time!
The SCM Hatching routine takes an assignment of patterns and makes them available based upon the scale of the drawing being hatched. While in no way as powerful as AutoCad's hatching command, it retains the settings making it an excellent "first hatch" tool.
Here, ten patterns are inserted without entering parameters or opening a single dialog box. Predefined patterns and shading can save significant time and re-printing. More SCM videos here...
Hatching automatically layers.
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