CAD tip # 12287:

There are multiple solutions:

• Instead of the internal point method, perform the hatching using the boundary (object) selection method.
• Split the long object into shorter ones using auxiliary "partition" lines and hatch them one by one.
• Instead of using objects "on screen", force your AutoCAD to work with a specified set of potential hatch boundaries. You can do it this way: in the HATCH command, choose the fill type and then use the option "seTtings". Expand the dialog with the bottom right arrow, click on "Boundary set > New" and use window selection (or step by step selections, or just ALL - but watch any switched-off layers) to select objects along the hatched area - e.g. a buffer-zone. Then zoom in closer as necessary and click the point inside the zone.

  

  You can predefine this procedure to a LISP function or a menu macro - and then assign it e.g. to a ribbon icon or to a keyboard shortcut.

  The LISP function (a new command "FHATCH") can e.g. look like this:

  (defun C:FHATCH ()
   (setvar "HPNAME" "SOLID")
   (command "_-HATCH" "_Adv" "_Bound" "_New" "_ALL" "" "")
  )
  

  The menu macro (a new command in CUI, also for LT) can look like e.g. this:

  ^C^C_-HATCH;_Adv;_Bound;_New;_ALL;;;