Unable to change dimension line thickness in Sketch mode

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I am not able to change the thickness (weight) of the Dimension Lines in Sketch mode. When I open Styles Editor in with a IPT open, I only get 

Lightning and Text as options.

I already changed Style Library to Read-Write in Projects, but no success.

I only want to change the appearance of the line width in the viewport, nothing more. Changing of Annotation Scale in Options only changes the Point and Textsizes, but not the line thickness. 

The Line is so thin, it appears nearly as dotted. Also the smoothness of all of the lines is quite badly.

I am working on Windows 10, NVIDIA GTX770 GFX

Inventor 2016

Best regards,

Michael

[mcgyvr]

You can change sketch line weights in tools..document settings..sketch tab

http://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2016/ENU/?guid=GUID-58DD9A89-84C7-48F3-8E4E-0303E755B10F

Might be graphics card related... 

Have you updated your graphics card to the latest version?

What settings do you have for tools..application options..hardware tab? (should be quality and software graphics off)

[Anonymous]

Hello,

unfortunately this settings have no effect on dimension lines. Also I have
the newest GFX Drivers and Quality Setting checked.


Regards

[Mark.Lancaster]

Change your Application Options/Hardware setting to Performance.  Exit Inventor and restart it.  Is it better?  Repeat process for Conservative setting.

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately no difference.

I think in the 2015 Version the Annotation Scale setting was changing also
the thickness of the dimension lines. Somehow these lines changed, they were
thicker as I can remember .

Also when I watch youtube tutorials, these lines always are thicker.

[Mark.Lancaster]

Is it possible to post your part and have someone else review the sketched dimensions on their machine to compare what they see?

Edit: I duplicated your sketch based on your image and this is what I see

  (But I don't have that video card and Windows 10 and my INventor 2016 is at R3).

[Anonymous]

Sure,

here is a simple sketch as ipt and the corresponding screenshot with 1920x1200x32bit resolution.

Thank you!

[Mark.Lancaster]

Here's what I'm seeing from your part (resolution 1900x1080):

[Anonymous]

Looks much cleaner, but the dimension lines are also thin.

I don´t know whats the matter, maybe Windows 10?

Regards

[Mark.Lancaster]

Under tools/application options/color, what color scheme are you using?   Presentation?   DId you ever modify these settings using the color scheme editor?

[Anonymous]

Yes I use Presentation, with 1 Color white BG. I never changed the settings.

It seems my Windows 10 Antialiasing is somehow buggy, but that doesn´t
change the fact that I don´t know where to change the dimension lines
weigth…

Thanks a lot for your effort!

[mcgyvr]

How do your models look too? poor antialiasing there too?

For the past 3 years I've had antialiasing issues on newly installed Inventor versions compared to the previous one.. I've had to use the Inventor reset utlity each year and that takes care of it..

What about your resolution? Is it the native resolution for your monitor? (that can make a huge difference if you are using the wrong resolution/ratio)

and here.. looks fine on my computer..

[mflayler]

Just for giggles...adjust your Annotation Scale to 1.5

Appliation Options --> General Tab

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I used the reset utility now, unfortunately no change in behaviour. Still
bad AA in Inventor.
Also I tried to disable cleartype. No change in behavior.

Regards,

Mike

[Anonymous]

Tried, but unfortunately the only thing that changes is Dimension Text and
Symbols, not the lines.

Regards

[Anonymous]

I also tried to change the Nvidia AA Settings like described here:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-general-discussion/inv-2015-anti-aliasing-regression/td-p/49...

But no change in behaviour unfortunately...

[Anonymous]

Its the native resolution and it is not only a viewing issue - its an Antialiasing issue I guess.