MacBook Pro 15 Retina Display - default thickness lines in cad look too thin

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MacBook Pro 15 Retina Display - default thickness lines in cad look too thin

Hello all

I have a MacBookPro 15 (mid 2015 model with AMD graphics) reset & updated to Monterey. I use CAD programs like iCADMac. I had recently only purchased this. CAD is working fine. With model space background set to white, the default line thickness look so thin I feel hard to work with it. Same happens when visibility of line thickness is not enabled. All lines look so very thin on white background.

This is not so with the purchased iCADMac alone. I installed trial versions of other CAD software for Mac. They too show very thin lines with white background when line thickness visibility is disabled. Usually most do not enable like thickness visibility doing regular routine day to day work.

When the background is black, then it is fine. But to produce presentation drawings, one does use white background to see the colors as one would see on paper.

This is because of Default Retina Resolution of 2880x1880. If the scaled resolution is used to reduce the resolution, programs do not behave well. Not only that, the working model space becomes much smaller because Menu & Toolbars take more space.

I just wish to know if anybody who is a veteran in CAD in MacbookPro 15 agrees with me, or di he get used to this. OR, is there any other solution ?

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Posted on Oct 22, 2022 10:05 AM

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leroydouglas

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Oct 23, 2022 6:04 AM in response to PRSS2K

PRSS2K wrote:

Hello all

I have a MacBookPro 15 (mid 2015 model with AMD graphics) reset & updated to Monterey. I use CAD programs like iCADMac. I had recently only purchased this. CAD is working fine. With model space background set to white, the default line thickness look so thin I feel hard to work with it. Same happens when visibility of line thickness is not enabled. All lines look so very thin on white background.

This is not so with the purchased iCADMac alone. I installed trial versions of other CAD software for Mac. They too show very thin lines with white background when line thickness visibility is disabled. Usually most do not enable like thickness visibility doing regular routine day to day work.

When the background is black, then it is fine. But to produce presentation drawings, one does use white background to see the colors as one would see on paper.

This is because of Default Retina Resolution of 2880x1880. If the scaled resolution is used to reduce the resolution, programs do not behave well. Not only that, the working model space becomes much smaller because Menu & Toolbars take more space.