Drafting resolution too low
Drafting resolution too low
(OP)
Hello,
I'm having trouble getting smooth lines, especially for circles, in the drafting application. However, there is no problem in the modeling application. See the attached image to see the same object in both applications. As you can see, the circles in Drafting are jagged, and is the case even after Regenerate. NX seems to automatically increase the resolution as you zoom in the drawing, but I would like to control the resolution to force the curves to be even smoother.
Is there a setting that controls the "smoothness" of curves in Drafting? Prefs>Visualization>Line>Curve Tolerance makes no difference.
I'm having trouble getting smooth lines, especially for circles, in the drafting application. However, there is no problem in the modeling application. See the attached image to see the same object in both applications. As you can see, the circles in Drafting are jagged, and is the case even after Regenerate. NX seems to automatically increase the resolution as you zoom in the drawing, but I would like to control the resolution to force the curves to be even smoother.
Is there a setting that controls the "smoothness" of curves in Drafting? Prefs>Visualization>Line>Curve Tolerance makes no difference.
NX9 Win8.1 64bit i7-3770K 16GB Quadro2000





RE: Drafting resolution too low
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: Drafting resolution too low
However, one workaround is to zoom in very close on the drawing, then zoom out again. This will improve the smoothness of the curves, but when the drawing regenerates, the curves become slightly jagged again. It's not a big deal, just wondered if there was a way to get the curves as smooth as in the modeling application.
NX9 Win8.1 64bit i7-3770K 16GB Quadro2000
RE: Drafting resolution too low
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.