diff --git a/src/scene/mod.rs b/src/scene/mod.rs
index 5502f2dfc..6133ae6ec 100644
--- a/src/scene/mod.rs
+++ b/src/scene/mod.rs
@@ -5441,11 +5441,13 @@ impl Scene {
             1.0
         };
 
-        let handle = self.add_entity(EntityType::Hatch(dxf));
-        if !handle.is_null() {
-            self.hatches.insert(handle, model);
-        }
-        handle
+        // `add_entity` already builds the render model from the DXF entity via
+        // `hatch_model_from_dxf` and inserts it with a correct `world_origin`
+        // (AABB-centred) for the relative-to-eye fill. The command-built `model`
+        // carries `world_origin: [0, 0]`, which after the world_offset removal
+        // leaves the fill mis-placed and effectively invisible until a later
+        // edit rebuilds it from the DXF — so keep the seed, don't overwrite it.
+        self.add_entity(EntityType::Hatch(dxf))
     }
 
     pub fn clear(&mut self) {