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line width & font size

Post by clocey » Thu May 21, 2020 11:06 pm

When I open DXF files that were created in solid works the lines are VERY thick and when I use the dimension tool the font is also thick so the numbers are not readable. Can anyone help me with the command or preference to change this?
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Re: line width & font size

Post by Husky » Thu May 21, 2020 11:26 pm

clocey wrote:
Thu May 21, 2020 11:06 pm
Can anyone help me with the command or preference to change this?
Sure - but we need to see the dxf to help you efficient. Please attache the dxf or an example dxf which shows the same issue. Thanks.
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Re: line width & font size

Post by clocey » Fri May 22, 2020 2:14 am

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Re: line width & font size

Post by RandallG » Fri May 22, 2020 2:34 am

Fixable by going to Edit, Drawing Preferences, General, Drawing Unit, and changing the entry from 'None' to a value like 'Inch'

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Re: line width & font size

Post by clocey » Fri May 22, 2020 3:29 am

RandallG - YOU ARE AWESOME. Thank you

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Re: line width & font size

Post by CVH » Fri May 22, 2020 11:44 am

Troubled because the file in the topic loads perfectly fine.
QCADpro 3.24.3.0 / win7pro 32 bit / Metric

Cheked some things:
- Drawing Prefs, Drawing Unit = 'None', Paper Unit = 'mm', System = 'Imperial'
- All entities are on 'LAYER_1'; All 'by Layer'
- No Blocks
- 'Layer_1' settings are: 'White', 'Default' and 'Continuous'
- Application Prefs Default lineweight = '0.00mm'

Changing the Unit as proposed only changes the drawing unit.
It may have solved the issue for you.
I did not have the issue!!!

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Re: line width & font size

Post by RandallG » Fri May 22, 2020 3:59 pm

This is interesting. I just tried it again. If I open the file in Ubuntu using Qcad Pro 3.24.3 (64bit), the lines are thick and require changing Drawing Units to inches. After CVH's response, I checked it in Qcad Pro 3.24.3 (64bit) in Windows 10 and the lines were drawn correctly with no change required but the Drawing Units were set to None.

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Re: line width & font size

Post by CVH » Fri May 22, 2020 4:06 pm

My point confirmed.
Can you reproduce this more then once?
Do you mind to enter a bugreport?

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Re: line width & font size

Post by RandallG » Fri May 22, 2020 4:14 pm

Upon further inspection, all the lines, curves, and circles are drawn with polylines (rather than just 'lines')
If you click the curves and circles you'll see some interesting results.
I wouldn't even know where to begin creating a bug report for this with all these
variables. Help! Andrew?

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Re: line width & font size

Post by CVH » Fri May 22, 2020 5:36 pm

It has noting to do with the nature of the entities. (12 Polys)
Easy to test on both OS with an explosion of all to entities. (TA-XP) (389 Lines & 4 Arc's).
It has more to do with the props I listed.
And those aren't any different across entities nor across platform, only the look on both OS differs.

And yes, I saw the strange construction of the circular shape and those 2 round notches.
Both not circular but polys from an ellipse or an ellipse arc.
Probably by mistake or beyond awareness or originated from a 3e party like Inkscape or so.

Maybe one remark:
Polylines without continuous pattern.
That is one extra variabel.

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Re: line width & font size

Post by clocey » Fri May 22, 2020 10:42 pm

This happens every time I open one of the DXF I have from the same person.
This happens on both of my W10 64Bit pc

Version:
3.24.3.0 (3.24.3)

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