How do I color a CADpattern swatch?
• 1. Drag the swatch pattern from the CADpatterns palette on to the artboard. • 2. Ungroup the artwork – you may need to ungroup more than once to completely ungroup it. • 3. Color the pattern lines and objects as desired. You can scale the pattern as long as the bounding box is scaled with the objects. Do not move objects, as they may not tile properly if repositioned. • 4. Select the bounding box. If you want to color the background of the pattern tile, fill this box with a color. If you do not need a colored background, skip to step 6. • 5. If you have colored the bounding box, you need another bounding box behind the artwork with no fill or stroke. Copy the colored bounding box, choose Edit > Paste In Back, then fill and stroke with none. • 6. Select the entire pattern tile with the backmost bounding box and move it to the Illustrator Swatches palette. • 7. To edit the swatch pattern name, double click on it.
