Hello,
Today I was doing some 2D drawing tests and DWG import tests in Rhino, and I noticed something that makes it quite difficult for me to interpret a CAD drawing. I took some screenshots with both programs (Rhino and AutoCAD) open side by side, pointing to the same part of the drawing:
As you can see, annotations in Rhino start to fade much earlier than in AutoCAD. In some cases, the size of the text stays consistent before it turns into “lines” or a blur, but they become more transparent or thinner — and this is not related to font thickness.
Here is a zoom on the same dimension, and this time it looks sharper in Rhino, but it’s one of those dimensions that was already fading in the previous view. I think this might be related to vector display? I’m not sure. But if there’s any way to improve this behavior in Rhino, I’d like to know. And if not, maybe it’s something worth considering for future improvements. Take a look at this zoomed-out view of the drawing:
When we open the drawing in AutoCAD, we can easily tell what is dimensioned and what is not, and it’s much easier to distinguish dimension lines from regular lines. This makes a big difference in the usability and interaction with the software. In Rhino, I have to keep zooming in until I find what I’m looking for. In AutoCAD, it’s almost instant for me.
Here’s the file (i cleaned it a bit) if you want to compare (maybe the printscreens lost a little resolution/quality):
2dcomparison.dwg (515.4 KB)