Measurement font sizes different

[wendi]

Win10Pro64, Qcad 3.27.6. At some unknown point in my design, the font size used in measurements has changed. I'm attaching a snippet that shows both sizes.

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I know about changing Drawing Preferences > Dimension > Dimension Settings > Text Height. Changing that value scales all of the measurement fonts in the drawing, and so the larger ones are still larger; smaller ones still smaller.

I found another thread that talked about using the property editor to change "Scale" for a particular measurement. The only "Scale" that I see is Linetype Scale, and that doesn't seem to have any effect on anything.

All new measurements seem to use the smaller font. Short of deleting and replacing all of the measurements using the larger font, can anyone suggest a way that I can make all of the fonts identical?

[Husky]

...can anyone suggest a way that I can make all of the fonts identical?

Try this approche:
Select all Dimensions (Selection Filter?). Launch then below Menu / Dimension / "Reset Label Position".

[wendi]

Hi Husky. That has no effect on the font size. If I move the label away from the measurement line, that just brings it back to the default position.

[CVH]

I found another thread that talked about using the property editor to change "Scale" for a particular measurement. The only "Scale" that I see is Linetype Scale, and that doesn't seem to have any effect on anything.

Dimensions properties are also scaled by:
Dims property .. Specific Properties .. Style .. Overall Scale

That would scale individual Dims text height, gap, arrow/tick mark size, extension and offset.

Reset Label Position".

Won't change that but "Remove Styles Overrides" would reset all individual changes applied to the selected Dims.

Regards,
CVH

[wendi]

Hi CVH. Thank you for the reply, but I don't understand what you are suggesting.

Dimensions properties are also scaled by:
Dims property .. Specific Properties .. Style .. Overall Scale

That would scale individual Dims text height, gap, arrow/tick mark size, extension and offset.

I am familiar with the "Specific Propterties" section in the property editor, but I do not see anything that indicates "Style" or "Overall Scale."

Reset Label Position".

Won't change that but "Remove Styles Overrides" would reset all individual changes applied to the selected Dims.

Where do I find "Remove Styles Overrides?"

Wendi

[CVH]

but I do not see anything that indicates "Style" or "Overall Scale."

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Where do I find "Remove Styles Overrides?"

See low in the Dimension menu ... Shortcut is DX

Regards,
CVH

[wendi]

CVH... That's not what my property editor looks like when I select an aligned dimension.

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[CVH]

CVH... That's not what my property editor looks like when I select an aligned dimension.

Oops ...
Go to App.Prefs .. Widgets .. Property Editor and tick 'Display advanced dimension styles overrides'

Regards,
CVH

[wendi]

It was already checked. And I tried the extreme sequence of unchecking, quitting the app, restarting, rechecking, quitting again, and restarting again. Nothing changed.

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[Husky]

@wendi,

please attache the drawing or an example drawing what shows the same issue to your post so that we can help efficiently. Thanks.

[CVH]

Nothing changed.

Baffled

Even with all the Property Editor options cleared under App.Prefs. I still have two style properties.

• Style .. Overall Scale
  Style .. Linear factor

Over to Andrew ...
... As proposed by Husky, an example file might help ...
... Still, these are GUI settings ...

Perhaps resetting your configuration might help, but I wouldn't recommend that at this point.
That would be a bridge too far if you've customized the QCAD GUI in any way.

In all cases I would make a copy of the QCAD.ini file, named "QCAD.ini.old" or so.
One then can always revert to that and one could even compare both ini files (e.g. with Notepad++).
Copy/revert to this when QCAD is closed ...

I usually retain the 'DockappWindows' string under the [Appearance] header to keep my overall widget setup.
Most other things are fairly as it comes by default.

Regards,
CVH

[andrew]

wendi: Please attach your drawing file (DXF, DWG) if possible, thanks.

[wendi]

Thanks to all who are helping with this. I'm not comfortable posting the entire design on a public forum, but I created a subset of the design. I removed most of the layers and blocks, retaining just the layer with the measurements. I've confirmed that the same situation exists with this test file as with the actual file. I'm attaching that file, as well as my .ini file.

I also tried the suggestion of resetting the configuration. After backing up the .ini file, I clicked the yellow arrow in the upper right corner of the drawing preferences box, then clicked okay to close the window. I quit Qcad, and compared the saved .ini file with the current one. Only one value was different... DARKSTYLE. The reset had essentially no effect on anything.

Wendi

[CVH]

wendi,

The file format is R15.
The Property Editor shows the Style section over here.
The 'larger' Dims have indeed Overall scale factor 1.5
If I create a new Dim this is simply factor 1.

Regards,
CVH

[wendi]

Hi CVH. Can you explain your comment "The file format is R15." I have no idea what that means, or how it affects my work.

And are saying that when you open my .dxf file with my .ini file, you see the style section in property editor, even though I don't? If so, what does this suggest?

Wendi