[solved] Lineweight

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[solved] Lineweight

Post by slyde » Fri Nov 24, 2017 8:03 pm

I can't increase lineweight and have it reflect on the drawing. When i set a new layer, it defaults to 0.25mm lineweight. So I increase it to 2.0mm, give it a name and a color and click OK. But I cant get thick lines when i use it. Can anyone tell me how to do this?

The first pic shows te new layer details.
Second pic shows a line drawn in Screen-based Linetypes
Last shows line in Draft Mode.

The lineweight stays the default 0.25mm. How can I make QCAD display a fat 2.00mm line?
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Re: Lineweight

Post by Husky » Fri Nov 24, 2017 8:44 pm

It is easier for us to help you with the drawing itself or at least an example drawing which shows the problematic too. Please attache the drawing to this post. Thanks.
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Re: Lineweight

Post by slyde » Fri Nov 24, 2017 10:30 pm

I've tried every way I know to make the heavier lines appear thicker, but I just can't make that happen.
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Re: Lineweight

Post by slyde » Fri Nov 24, 2017 10:34 pm

This is a block created with another CAD program. It's constructed using thick lines. I need to be able to do this in QCAD.
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Re: Lineweight

Post by Husky » Fri Nov 24, 2017 11:53 pm

Husky wrote:It is easier for us to help you with the drawing itself or at least an example drawing which shows the problematic too. Please attache the drawing to this post. Thanks.
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Re: Lineweight

Post by andrew » Sat Nov 25, 2017 12:33 am

This might be what you are looking for:
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Re: Lineweight

Post by slyde » Sat Nov 25, 2017 12:49 am

That's the ticket, Andrew. Thank you.

The problem was that I was using Lines instead of Polylines.
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