Improve line weights

Eric Milberger

Currently line weights by color makes no sense. Make weights of a line apparent when on the screen. and only use colors for colors.

Considering the high resolution screen we have today - why should it be a guess or have to remember a color to note a width.

Laszlo Nagy

So, to clarify the wish: currently, a Pen defines both the Color and Line Width of elements generated with that Pen.

So, would you like Color to be a separate attribute type, and Line Width to be another separate attribute type so that they could be specified independently for elements? Is this what the wish is about?

Eric Milberger

Correct as color does not mean weight anywhere except here. Weight /thickness should be thinness and thickness has nothing to do with color.

It does not mean you cant have 10 weights of one color. And the weights need to read more correctly on the high resolutions we have today.

Laszlo Nagy

OK, understood.

Laszlo Nagy

Eric Milberger

I wanted to be clear

Weight is weight and should be recognizable from each other. With the high res screens today it needs to be relative to the resolutions

I dobt you need more that 10line weights.

For the color it should have meaning. If it is red is prints red.

We should not require a cheat sheet to explain wat pen 120 is

And if I am adding it would be nice if the chart showed pens by groups ( Differrent Styles if neccessary ( Plans, sketches, ghost etc. NAMED Group/pen sets

Barry Kelly

Do you have the on screen option for true line weight turned on?

That will show the various pen thicknesses.

It may still be tricky to distinguish a 0.1mm black line from a 0.15mm black line, unless they are close to each other.

That is why colour can play a role.

0.1mm is black, 0.2mm is red, 0.3mm is green, etc.

You can mode with true line weight turned off (it is better to do this in my opinion).

Then you have an alternate pen set where all of the pens are black but with the same line weight.

The drawings you place on the layouts can all be told to use the 'black' pen set.

You can then print black plans.

You don't need to print black plans though, you can simply use your coloured pen set if you are happy to print with those colours.

Barry.