Hatch Patterns That Look Broken

Why Do My Hatch Patterns Look Broken?

The farther away you get from 0,0,0, the harder it is for AutoCAD to process and make accurate calculations. To quote AutoDesk Support,

"When objects start to exceed 100,000 or 0.000001 units in precision, the mathematical calculations are at risk to push beyond the processor limitation."

The result is a hatch pattern that looks like the image below.

How Do I Fix The Problem?

A.) Either Double click on the hatch pattern or use the "HATCHEDIT" command and select the hatch pattern you would like to edit.

B.) In the Hatch Origin panel click on the "Click to set new origin".

C.) There is no magic to this, but the point to select for the origin should be somewhere very close to the hatch pattern. I usually pick the lower left corner of the hatch pattern.

Click "OK" and now your hatch pattern should look normal once again.