Circles in AutoCAD look eliptical or elongated.
Circles in AutoCAD look eliptical or elongated.
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My boss came to me a while back & showed me his new Dell M70 laptop & the circles in AutoCAD look eliptical or elongated from the bottom to the top. Yes the circle really is a real circle.
It my be the machine as well though because if he opens an attachment in outlook it switches to 800 x 600. It also loses the res. setting when ever he shuts down at night. He starts the machine & it's in 800 x 600 again & for life of me I am at my wits end trying to figure this thing out.
HELP.
I had posted this in the Unigraphics section & have a good fix for UG but still need one for AutoCAD.
It my be the machine as well though because if he opens an attachment in outlook it switches to 800 x 600. It also loses the res. setting when ever he shuts down at night. He starts the machine & it's in 800 x 600 again & for life of me I am at my wits end trying to figure this thing out.
HELP.
I had posted this in the Unigraphics section & have a good fix for UG but still need one for AutoCAD.





RE: Circles in AutoCAD look eliptical or elongated.
Your company is doing something in house to keep changing his resolution.
David
RE: Circles in AutoCAD look eliptical or elongated.
I will have to contact our IT dept. & have a chat with them as well. The problem is I am in Indianapolis & they are in Waukesha Wis.
Do have any idea what they have set to keep making this thing go back to low res.?
RE: Circles in AutoCAD look eliptical or elongated.
David
RE: Circles in AutoCAD look eliptical or elongated.
The issue with this is that they have a built in resolution . . The one they are designed for. This will be shown as the resolution, or default, or best, depending on the manufacturer. The monitors can be set to show a different resolution, but the image is not as good. For example, try to show five dots over four pixles. You will loose something.
On a CRT, you can work within a range of resolutions, then can vary from the normal aspect ratio to widesreen. Switching between them will show your circle in varoius oval shapes. You can also then adjust the area over whch the tube displays, typically being able to change the orizontal different to the vertical, and thus correcting the hor. and vert. scale. This doesnt happen on the LCD. That is why (partly) CRT is still better for CAD work.
RE: Circles in AutoCAD look eliptical or elongated.
It prints out as a circle.
I think it's just an autocad thing.
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RE: Circles in AutoCAD look eliptical or elongated.
You probably already know this, but for the benefit of others, when you have circles that look like hexes are typically due to view resolution.
If you type the command "viewres" and answer yes to the first question "Do you want fast zooms?". You will get another question that asks "Enter circle zoom percent". If you have a powerful computer, you can enter the maximum of 20000 and you will get circular circles.
HOWEVER, I am not aware that this fixes elliptical circles. I just wanted to explain why there are sometimes hexagonal circles on the display that print as genuine circles.
debodine
RE: Circles in AutoCAD look eliptical or elongated.
I was simply sharing the fact that on our machines, our circles look like hexagons on the screen, due to the resolution of the monitors and limitations.
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RE: Circles in AutoCAD look eliptical or elongated.
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I haven't said this yet but thanks to everyone for all the help & keep the suggestions coming I have no doubt that we will figure this out.
RE: Circles in AutoCAD look eliptical or elongated.
If the square you draw with the same side dimensions looks perfectly square, and the circle is elongated, then I would agree, there is some other problem. If the square is elongated, why wouldn't you think that it's just set to the wrong aspect ratio instead of the wrong resolution?
RE: Circles in AutoCAD look eliptical or elongated.
On Hexagon circles, if the problem persists after running this drill, reset the VIEWRES setting as mentioned above, but since you can't see more than 1000 circle segments, 1000 (maybe 2000) should be plenty. 20000? well-
Anyway, good luck, and post back here with the reults?
C.Fee