Brightness of lines in model space view

[Anonymous]

Hello everyone!

Is there a way to change line colors to be darker/crisper? Meaning the color cyan looks like it is not very bright. 

My AutoCAD Color scheme is set to DARK

My Drawing Window Colors, Context: 2D model space; Interface element: Uniform background is set to Black.

Hardware acceleration is OFF

Video card drivers are current and update.

lease check out the image I uploaded. 

The Cyan color in the PREVIEW pane is a bright cyan, BUT

in Model Space in the drawing the line is blunted or not as bright. 

Is there a way to change this?

[user181]

Hi @Anonymous   Are the dull lines an xref drawing?  If so and you haven't already tried you can control xref brightness with the XDWGFADECTL variable. The lower the number the brighter the lines. 

[Anonymous]

Hi,

This is not an xref, just plain linework. Not a block, etc.

[user181]

Could it be the layer or objects transparency settings?  If you do have layer transparencies set you can make them brighter on screen with TRANSPARENCYDISPLAY. Set to 0 to display normal on screen. 

[Anonymous]

No layer transparencies. I changed the TRANSPARENCYDISPLAY to 0 and no effect.

[MMcCall402 · Accepted solution]

They may be showing up dark because they're very thin on a black background. 

Try setting the LWDISPLAY to ON, to display the line weights.

[Anonymous]

PERFECT! 

[Anonymous]

Thanks MMcCall,

This works nicely when the lineweight is .30 and above.

Is there a way to make the .12 lineweights brighter?

[MMcCall402]

Possibly, with the Adjust Display Scale.  Type LWEIGHT to bring up this window.