Regarding the issue of line width
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In CAD2006, when drawing in a model and the line width settings are enabled – with the line widths set to 0.3mm, 0.5mm, etc. – why aren’t the different line widths visible when printing the final output? I would appreciate it if the teachers could advise me – are there any other commands that haven’t been activated?
I don’t know what size of images you print. Think about it: 0.3mm, 0.5mm – how big of a difference can you tell with the naked eye? If you want to see a noticeable difference in line width, you need to make adjustments and increase the gap. For PIPING drawings, it is recommended to use PL lines.
For the issue you mentioned, go to the shortcut menu below, right-click on \"Line Width\", then select \"Settings\" to modify the default line width settings. These are the settings for screen display; for actual printing, it’s best to set the thickness of solid lines to 0.13, and that of thin solid lines to 0.09. This helps save ink during printing. If the print quality is not good, you can convert the file to PDF format before printing, which will yield better results.
With a difference of 0.2mm, who can see it clearly with the naked eye? You can set the thick line thickness to 0.8mm and the thin line thickness to 0.3mm, and then it will be possible to tell them apart
The setting of the print line width is related to the printer. I have used different printers (Epson, Founder, HP), and with the same line width, the lines appear less distinct on some printers. If you use the same printer regularly, it’s best to first print out samples at different line widths before choosing the appropriate thickness for thick and thin lines. Generally, setting the thick line width to three times that of the thin line results in more attractive printed diagrams
Firstly, the difference in line width between your thick lines and thin lines is too small; it might be visible on the screen, but not when printed. Additionally: there is also a printing setting when printing, such as setting the line width based on color; this is something that needs attention. Finally: it is not recommended to turn on the display of line width below when drawing; if the drawing is very large and complex, it will affect the machine’s speed.
That’s not the case; 0.3 and 0.5 can be easily distinguished with the naked eye. I think the reason for this problem is that the size of the images in CAD is large, while the printing paper is smaller. When printing, the option to fill the entire page was selected, which caused the images to be printed at a reduced scale; as a result, they are not 0.3 or 0.5 in size after being printed on paper ； It’s also possible that the printer’s resolution is not high enough; if a laser printer with a resolution of 600 dpi is used for printing at a 1:1 scale, the details can be clearly seen.
I still think that the line widths of 0.3 and 0.5 can be distinguished at a glance; there’s basically a two-fold difference between them. If the line width isn’t set using the properties of the PL line itself, but rather directly set for printing, then it has nothing to do with the printing scale – in such cases, the actual line width printed remains unchanged. Another possible factor is the printing settings: for example, whether \"object line width\" is selected or \"print according to style,\" and whether the line width in the selected printing style is set to \"use object line width\" or a specific value. If a specific value is specified, then regardless of the line width set in the drawing, the actual printing will follow the value specified in the printing style.