In much of contemporary architectural practice and education, representation is a story of dichotomies: the pixel versus the vector; the direct versus the generative; the digital versus the material; and the two-dimensional drawing versus the three-dimensional model. Among the many varieties of architectural lines, the “hatch” garners little scholarly attention. This essay, published in the March 2016 issue of the Journal of Architectural Education (Volume 70, issue 1) uses seven original drawings as the basis for such attention. Hatching disrupts the dichotomies that stifle the design of new conventions. Hatching can produce a drawing that is also a rendering, a record that is also a projection, or a material code that is also a material effect.