We have detail drawings that contain horizontal and vertical dimensions. They're drawn at full scale in model space and saved as individual drawings. We then insert them as blocks onto a sheet in paper space, scaling them down to 1/2", 1/4" scale ETC.
Here's the problem - all the vertical dimension text appears bolder than everything else when scaled down. Horizontal text is just fine. It seems that it's just a quirk of autocad that it does that. Is there a solution for this problem?
Hi,
Bringing the dimension out of the block does seem to solve the problem . See the snapshot with the dimension placed outside the block and you would find some difference between the two.
Here is similar thread which I found: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/arial-text-in-block-looks-bold-when-rotated-90/td-p/343...
Hi,
>> Here's the problem - all the vertical dimension text appears bolder than everything else when scaled down.
That's right !! when you convert it to a block and start scaling you will start to see bold dim text . for that i suggest to treat your dimension at the real scale ( i mean without scale needed ) and then you can edit your dim text OR make a proper dimstyle for those used dimensions .
Imad Habash
Does it plot/print heavier, also? And does it look heavier at any rotation other than 0°, or only at 90° specifically? By comparison, in my experience, .TTF fonts used at a width factor other than 1 also look bolder on-screen, but they don't plot bolder. Could this be a similar situation?
