# Line Weights

**URL:** <https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/line-weights/195619>\
**Category:** Rhino\
**Tags:** lineweight, rhino7\
**Created:** [November 27, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/line-weights/195619 "2024-11-27T02:32:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![feiga](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/feiga/32/629819_2.png) [@feiga](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/feiga)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/line-weights/195619/1 "2024-11-27T02:32:25Z")

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Hi!

When I try printing my layout page, the line weights get extremely bulky. I’ve tried changing various settings, and no luck. They come out very thick even when I set the line weight to hairline! The annotations, meanwhile, come out very nicely.

I attached an image for reference.

A bit desperate. Please help!

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/5/e/7/5e7933f2c73d5f84c744dbdb3ceceeb06a56f5dc.png)

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**Author:** ![wim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/wim/32/747482_2.png) [@wim](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/wim)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 8:30am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/line-weights/195619/2 "2024-11-27T08:30:35Z")

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Hi Feiga -

> [@feiga](#):
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> When I try printing my layout page, the line weights get extremely bulky.

I can’t tell from that image is those are curves or surface edges and if you are printing to vector or raster pdf. If those are surface edges and raster output, changing the dpi will change the thickness of those curves.  
-wim

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**Author:** ![feiga](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/feiga/32/629819_2.png) [@feiga](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/feiga)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/line-weights/195619/3 "2024-11-27T13:46:43Z")

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Hi Wim,

Thank you for your response. I tried changing the dpi, and the lines got more blurred instead.

There is a rounded element in my model, and the seams along the curve are printing as well, and become very heavy.

How can I decrease the line thickness for the entire model and specifically on the curve?

Please find my model attached:  
[3D Model - Nov 11.3dm](https://discourse.mcneel.com/uploads/short-url/9DrTvdmUtcyg2UPY3KhgKufIcQ.3dm) (19.6 MB)

Thank you!  
Feiga

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**Author:** ![wim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/wim/32/747482_2.png) [@wim](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/wim)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/line-weights/195619/4 "2024-11-28T11:28:26Z")

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Hi Feiga -

> [@feiga](#):
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> Please find my model attached:  
> [3D Model - Nov 11.3dm](https://discourse.mcneel.com/uploads/short-url/9DrTvdmUtcyg2UPY3KhgKufIcQ.3dm) (19.6 MB)

Having a ground block that is 15 km wide around an object like this, will lead to display issues.  
When I turn that off and print to both 150 dpi and 600 dpi, both are better than your initial screenshot here. The 600 dpi version is sharper but the clipping section is quite a bit lighter than the edges.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/b/5/9/b59452469aaf7aeb69a404b3eaa0af4ed9366bed.png)  
 → [3D Model - Nov 11 - 600dpi-NoGroundPlane.pdf](https://discourse.mcneel.com/uploads/short-url/oc2zqKVoSezrJs4FvygiIgpSLGN.pdf) (3.7 MB)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/7/3/3/733f9b687f7d09fbc3bbba80256208ea5147baa7.jpeg)  
 → [3D Model - Nov 11 - 150dpi-NoGroundPlane.pdf](https://discourse.mcneel.com/uploads/short-url/eAaKZJ6N7VtwKkqu6YYKVlcY3P0.pdf) (447.3 KB)

-wim

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**Author:** ![feiga](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/feiga/32/629819_2.png) [@feiga](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/feiga)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/line-weights/195619/5 "2024-11-28T16:31:55Z")

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Beautiful!

Wim, your help is very appreciated!