2018 icons thick and blurry

[MITTMORRIS3624]

Hi,

Just downloaded 2018 and the buttons are thick and blurry, the drawing is fine and I've checked Resize ribbon icons to standard sizes but they are still out of focus. I migrated out of 2017 (which migrated out of 2015), and previous versions are lovely and crsip.

There's bound to be a simple solution buried in options somewhere?

Thanks to anyone watching.

[Anonymous]

Very disappointing. Looks like %&##!

[cadmunkey]

I am baffled why they have got this so wrong! ACAD 2017 works perfect, 2018 is a blurry mess of a program. 

Why hasn't anyone at Autodesk picked up on this and solved it??

[MITTMORRIS3624]

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They have shares in 4K monitors? This must be such an easy fix, it's
not like reinventing the wheel. Please Autodesk, and 'experts',
address this in a civilised manner. We are not all going to change
our very pricey and perfectly good monitors to be able to use this
software. I have several stations with double and triple banks of
monitors, it would be cheaper to retrain to a different CAD
programme.

[pendean]

If you can't do this to fix it https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-lt-forum/2018-icons-thick-and-blurry/m-p/7355786#M157605 it's likely to be LT2019 or LT2022 or LT2030 before it changes again.

>>>...it would be cheaper to retrain to a different CAD programme....<<<
Doubt it.

[Anonymous]

Tried that yesterday. No help for me.

[cadmunkey]

Mitmorris, this is also a problem on 4K monitors, I have one and the icons are blurry!

I thought it only happened on 4k monitors, what resolution are you running at?

[pendean]

2018.1.1 update was just released, it may or may not help but worth a shot https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-lt-forum/autocad-lt-2018-1-1-update-is-now-available/td-p/735...

[Anonymous]

Tried it this morning. No help

[MITTMORRIS3624]

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1680 x 1050 on iiyamas

[cadmunkey]

Well Im running a 4k Iiyama monitor at 3840x2160 and the icons are too blurry to use. Hurts my eyes after about 5 mins of use. 2018 is useless!

[pendean]

The 'dark' scheme is darker in older versions than 2018: with the slight increase is sizing I can see how it can be seen as blurry.

[Anonymous]

Ribbons are fine. It's the icons on toolbars.

[cadmunkey]

This issue still exists, is anyone at Autodesk aware that this is a problem??

Look at the attached screenshot, the inner window is v2016, perfect quality 4k icons. the outer window is 2018, with garbage blurry (slightly oversized) icons. After a while my eyes actually hurt whilst using the 2018 interface so I have to revert to 2016/17 again.

[MITTMORRIS3624]

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With you there mate.

[pendean]

Blurry icons in AutoCAD/LT2018 are a deliberate design change by Autodesk: there is nothing to fix, Autodesk seems to think they are fine.

[MITTMORRIS3624]

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If it ain't broke......Very sad and disappointed. Thank God for
2017, let's hope it takes me to my retirement.

[pendean]

It's their "too much in a hurry" solution to 4k displays in 2018: it blows for sure.

[cadmunkey]

Deliberate design change?? For real?

Someone's head needs to be on the block for this one!

Problem is I've recently switched from maintenance plan to the subscription so I presume at some point I will lose access to 16/17 and be stuck with 18.

Really hope they take their head out the sand on this one and get it sorted, if not for 2018 then for 2019!!

[pendean]

Amen Brother, amen.