LAYOUT Line dashes and arrows
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More options or ways to create arrows for text and dimensions would be nice. The current ones don't go with any style I use. The ability to create heavy arrow strokes, independent of line weight would be great.
The dashes are mostly unusable. Why are the dashes linked to line weight? I can't get anything resembling the dashes I typically use in CAD, dashes that provide a reasonable image. The very many patterns provided are not nice even if they did work with heavier line weights.
I realize the true rendering of dashes is a convoluted task, but it's something that LayOut needs. Dashes should be solid at intersections (points on a polygon), they need to be cosistent though fit to the line length.
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+1
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Adding to that that dashes and other line styles should also display as they are printed. They change scale when zooming.
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+1!!!!
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@jql said:
Adding to that that dashes and other line styles should also display as they are printed. They change scale when zooming.
Also, I hate that my carefully chosen Typeface appears bolder when printed to PDF. -
@baz said:
Also, I hate that my carefully chosen Typeface appears bolder when printed to PDF.
I've never noticed that, but I only use 2 "carefully chosen Typefaces" in Layout.
Let's not talk about text here though! There's so much to say about that too!
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I think we may be seeing some effects that will be different on different platforms or computers. I don't see quite the same things others are mentioning but the way the line dashes cannot be adjusted, depending on the line thickness, seems universal. Draw a rectangle and try to give it some thickness and a dash, and it doesn't look like anything but some random short lines.
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When this happens you clearly know something is wrong and needs fixing. This is bad.
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However when this happens, people don't notice the tiny deviation and look at the error like it's correct. Much worse imho.
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