diff --git a/src/Mod/Draft/Resources/ui/preferences-draftvisual.ui b/src/Mod/Draft/Resources/ui/preferences-draftvisual.ui
index e7424daadf..4245b83725 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Draft/Resources/ui/preferences-draftvisual.ui
+++ b/src/Mod/Draft/Resources/ui/preferences-draftvisual.ui
@@ -253,6 +253,9 @@
         </item>
         <item>
          <widget class="Gui::PrefSpinBox" name="gui::prefspinbox_2">
+          <property name="toolTip">
+           <string>The resolution to draw the patterns in. Default value is 128. Higher values give better resolutions, lower values make drawing faster</string>
+          </property>
           <property name="maximum">
            <number>512</number>
           </property>
@@ -269,6 +272,52 @@
         </item>
        </layout>
       </item>
+      <item>
+       <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
+        <item>
+         <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Hatch Pattern default size</string>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+         <spacer name="horizontalSpacer">
+          <property name="orientation">
+           <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+          </property>
+          <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+           <size>
+            <width>40</width>
+            <height>20</height>
+           </size>
+          </property>
+         </spacer>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+         <widget class="Gui::PrefDoubleSpinBox" name="doubleSpinBox">
+          <property name="toolTip">
+           <string>The default size of hatch patterns</string>
+          </property>
+          <property name="decimals">
+           <number>4</number>
+          </property>
+          <property name="minimum">
+           <double>0.000100000000000</double>
+          </property>
+          <property name="value">
+           <double>1.000000000000000</double>
+          </property>
+          <property name="prefEntry" stdset="0">
+           <cstring>HatchPatternSize</cstring>
+          </property>
+          <property name="prefPath" stdset="0">
+           <cstring>Mod/Draft</cstring>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+       </layout>
+      </item>
       <item>
        <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_4">
         <item>
@@ -508,6 +557,11 @@
    <extends>QLineEdit</extends>
    <header>Gui/PrefWidgets.h</header>
   </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>Gui::PrefDoubleSpinBox</class>
+   <extends>QDoubleSpinBox</extends>
+   <header>Gui/PrefWidgets.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
diff --git a/src/Mod/Draft/draftutils/utils.py b/src/Mod/Draft/draftutils/utils.py
index 571eb4957e..2bb3633ba3 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Draft/draftutils/utils.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Draft/draftutils/utils.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ def get_param_type(param):
         return "string"
     elif param in ("textheight", "tolerance", "gridSpacing",
                    "arrowsize", "extlines", "dimspacing",
-                   "dimovershoot", "extovershoot"):
+                   "dimovershoot", "extovershoot","HatchPatternSize"):
         return "float"
     elif param in ("selectBaseObjects", "alwaysSnap", "grid",
                    "fillmode", "saveonexit", "maxSnap",
diff --git a/src/Mod/Draft/draftviewproviders/view_base.py b/src/Mod/Draft/draftviewproviders/view_base.py
index 82e1aedc71..812474287f 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Draft/draftviewproviders/view_base.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Draft/draftviewproviders/view_base.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class ViewProviderDraft(object):
                              "PatternSize",
                              "Draft",
                              QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("App::Property", _tip))
-            vobj.PatternSize = 1
+            vobj.PatternSize = utils.get_param("HatchPatternSize", 1)
 
     def __getstate__(self):
         """Return a tuple of all serializable objects or None.
@@ -286,8 +286,9 @@ class ViewProviderDraft(object):
                     if path and vobj.RootNode:
                         if vobj.RootNode.getChildren().getLength() > 2:
                             if vobj.RootNode.getChild(2).getChildren().getLength() > 0:
-                                if vobj.RootNode.getChild(2).getChild(0).getChildren().getLength() > 2:
-                                    r = vobj.RootNode.getChild(2).getChild(0).getChild(2)
+                                innodes = vobj.RootNode.getChild(2).getChild(0).getChildren().getLength()
+                                if  innodes > 2:
+                                    r = vobj.RootNode.getChild(2).getChild(0).getChild(innodes-1)
                                     i = QtCore.QFileInfo(path)
                                     if self.texture:
                                         r.removeChild(self.texture)