# Beginner problems in drawing line/rectangle etc

**URL:** <https://discourse.librecad.org/t/beginner-problems-in-drawing-line-rectangle-etc/92>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 10, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://discourse.librecad.org/t/beginner-problems-in-drawing-line-rectangle-etc/92 "2026-09-10T22:28:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![HelmZalee](https://discourse.librecad.org/user_avatar/discourse.librecad.org/helmzalee/32/77_2.png) [@HelmZalee](https://discourse.librecad.org/u/HelmZalee)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://discourse.librecad.org/t/beginner-problems-in-drawing-line-rectangle-etc/92/1 "2026-09-10T22:28:38Z")

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I copied that title (Beginner problems…) from a post on the old forum because I’m having I think a similar problem with a disappearing/reappearing hatch. I’m posting this now, after much exasperation, because when I selected a rectangle for some other purpose, a hatch pattern (solid fill) that had disappeared suddenly reappeared. No idea why. Oh, and clicking (well away from the problematic hatch-filled rectangle) seems to toggle visibility of hatch…that toggles a “selected” counter between 0 (hatch visible) and 1 (not visible), so the hatch might be on my “background” image in layer 0. why the hatch would have been on layer zero I don’t know. Still working on understanding… Edit: clicking, which toggles visibility not only of the hatch in one rectangle but also the visibility of a circle, does not change the “current layer” reported bottom right of the dwg. And oddly, when the circle is NOT visible a rectangle IS visible (but without its hatch) - and when the circle is visible the hatch that sb in the rectangle is visible. Sheesh.

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**Author:** ![sebastjanedisti](https://discourse.librecad.org/user_avatar/discourse.librecad.org/sebastjanedisti/32/85_2.png) [@sebastjanedisti](https://discourse.librecad.org/u/sebastjanedisti)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 9:04am UTC](https://discourse.librecad.org/t/beginner-problems-in-drawing-line-rectangle-etc/92/2 "2026-09-11T09:04:11Z")

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This sounds more like a selection/redraw issue than the entities actually changing layers. One important detail: the **current layer** shown at the bottom is the layer where new entities will be created; it does not necessarily show the layer of the entity you selected.

A few checks should narrow it down:

1. Select the hatch and the circle separately and open **Entity Properties** to verify their actual layer, color and line/fill settings.
2. Check whether the drawing looks correct in **Print Preview** or in an exported PDF. If it does, the geometry is probably fine and the problem is only the on-screen redraw/selection overlay.
3. Force a redraw, then test the same hatch and circle in a new empty document. Also check for duplicate or overlapping entities and the draw order of the solid hatch.
4. If possible, attach a small DXF containing only the affected objects, plus your LibreCAD version and operating system. That would make it much easier to distinguish a file/layer problem from a graphics-rendering bug.

If the objects still alternate visibility only when the selected counter changes between 0 and 1, I would suspect a rendering or selection-highlight issue rather than layer visibility.

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**Author:** ![LordOfBikes](https://discourse.librecad.org/user_avatar/discourse.librecad.org/lordofbikes/32/8_2.png) [@LordOfBikes](https://discourse.librecad.org/u/LordOfBikes)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 9:46am UTC](https://discourse.librecad.org/t/beginner-problems-in-drawing-line-rectangle-etc/92/3 "2026-09-11T09:46:55Z")

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Welcome @HelmZalee !

Always post info about your LibreCAD version (See `Help`/`About`). This helps to find out if this is a known issue and if it is probably already solved.

Hatch and its limiting contour can life on separate layers, so it is possibly intended behaviour.  
Use `Modify` =\> `Properties` or `Attributes` to show and modify the layer of entities.

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**Author:** ![HelmZalee](https://discourse.librecad.org/user_avatar/discourse.librecad.org/helmzalee/32/77_2.png) [@HelmZalee](https://discourse.librecad.org/u/HelmZalee)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://discourse.librecad.org/t/beginner-problems-in-drawing-line-rectangle-etc/92/4 "2026-09-11T15:34:11Z")

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Thanks, sorry about that, here’s the Help/About:

Version: v2.2.1.5  
Compiler: Microsoft Visual C++  
Compiled on: May 2 2026  
Qt Version: 5.15.2  
Boost Version: 1.87.0  
System: Windows 10 Version 2009

Win 10 must be the version in which the app was built. I downloaded the install exe 9/6/2026. I’m using Windows 11 Home V 25H2.

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**Author:** ![HelmZalee](https://discourse.librecad.org/user_avatar/discourse.librecad.org/helmzalee/32/77_2.png) [@HelmZalee](https://discourse.librecad.org/u/HelmZalee)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://discourse.librecad.org/t/beginner-problems-in-drawing-line-rectangle-etc/92/5 "2026-09-11T15:59:13Z")

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Many thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I have since closed (and now reopened) the app and cannot reproduce the problem.

Curious, though, about “Select the hatch…and open **Entity Properties** …” I can find no way to “…open Entity Properties” _after_ selecting an entity. I can see properties by (1) clicking Tools/Modify/Properties then (2) clicking on an entity.