How to adjust the "Default" Print Width in Layout Detail Display?

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How to adjust the “Default” Print Width without assigning the print width of Layer?

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I get a very thick line as Default Line Width and it doesn’t align with what I set in the Print Dialogue:
FYI. PrintDisplay is set to ON.

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Is it a bug?
@stevebaer @wim

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in your advanced options find Rhino.Options.Support.DefaultPrintWidthList it appears you can store your own list there. i have not tried it.

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DefaultPrintWidthList stores a list of Print Widths, instead of the actual Default Print Width that is being displayed.

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i have no idea what it does, sorry about that. but setting up a template should store your defined print widths i assume, if that is an option.

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Is this affected by the “Default line width” setting in the print dialogue?

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The default print widths text file appears to be what populates the presets here:

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sounds like a good option to make a default template with

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this value cannot be adjusted. I still get the same thick inconsistent default line width.

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No. Adjusting the default print width doesn’t affect the print width that is displayed.
It’s not optimal because you can’t preview the default print width without actually going to the Print Dialogue.

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Okay, I think this might be it.

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it looks like that this will only stay for this specific file. i guess making a new template in either way is the only option for now

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No. That’s not where the problem is. There is inconsistency in displayed lineweight and printed lineweight, if the line is assigned to a “Default” lineweight.

As shown in the below screenshot, you see two different lineweight in the print dialogue and in the detail layout. The one in the print dialogue reflects the actual lineweight of the line, whereas that in the detail layout does not.

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I do see that discrepancy when the linetype width unit is set to “pixels”, but it works correctly with millimeters as the unit.

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Default print weight for a layer is whatever you assign it to in the print dialog. If you are not seeing that, then we need to figure out why.

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What I’m seeing (layer print width set to “Default” in all cases):

  • When linetype width unit is “pixels”, lines display in the model based on the linetype width, but prints based on print dialogue setting.
  • When linetype width unit is “millimeters”, lines display and print both using the linetype width (print dialogue setting is ignored).
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Thanks for the reply. @stevebaer

I am using 8.13 SR.
It doesn’t respond to the lineweight set in the print dialog at all.

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FYI.

This is the Layout setting.

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please post a 3dm file with this single rectangle

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DefaultLineWidthBug.3dm (43.4 KB)

Here you go.

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