TechDraw Line Width change without effect

[chaen]

Hi,

I've spent a fair amount of time scratching my head, trying to export PDF from TechDraw where I can actually see something.
The line thickness of the views is extremely small, and regardless of the Line width parameter I set in the combo view, it does not change, neither in the TechDraw window, nor in the exported PDF. Changing the LineGroup is taken into account for newly created view, but the look is still the same.

Changing the Line width of a dimension works fine though.

Surprisingly, the exports I did about 3 weeks ago were perfect without having to fiddle with Line thickness, however I went through an OS and FreeCAD upgrade in between.
I've attached an example of what I generate today, as opposed to what was generated 3 weeks ago

System and details versions are bellow: (it used to be Fedora 32 and FreeCad 0.18, but I can't remember the exact versions, sorry)

Thanks a lot for the help !

OS: Fedora 33 (Workstation Edition) (GNOME/gnome)
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.19.Unknown
Build type: Unknown
Python version: 3.9.0
Qt version: 5.15.1
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.5.0
Locale: English/United States (en_US)

$ rpm -qi freecad
Name : freecad
Epoch : 1
Version : 0.19
Release : 0.3.20201125gita50ae33557.fc33.2
Architecture: x86_64
Install Date: Thu 10 Dec 2020 10:37:14 PM CET
Group : Unspecified
Size : 184062571
License : GPLv2+
Signature : RSA/SHA256, Fri 27 Nov 2020 10:11:33 PM CET, Key ID 49fd77499570ff31
Source RPM : freecad-0.19-0.3.20201125gita50ae33557.fc33.2.src.rpm
Build Date : Fri 27 Nov 2020 08:07:05 PM CET
Build Host : buildhw-x86-14.iad2.fedoraproject.org
Packager : Fedora Project
Vendor : Fedora Project
URL : http://freecadweb.org/
Bug URL : https://bugz.fedoraproject.org/freecad
Summary : A general purpose 3D CAD modeler
Description :
FreeCAD is a general purpose Open Source 3D CAD/MCAD/CAx/CAE/PLM modeler, aimed
directly at mechanical engineering and product design but also fits a wider
range of uses in engineering, such as architecture or other engineering
specialties. It is a feature-based parametric modeler with a modular software
architecture which makes it easy to provide additional functionality without
modifying the core system.

[chrisb]

You can try to reset the configuration with the button in the preferences. Another possibility is to delete your config files or to move them in case you want to restore them.

The FreeCAD file might give more insights than the pdf.

[chaen]

Thanks for taking the time to answer.
I've removed the config files and reset them, but no change.
I've just created a dummy file showing the problem. You will notice that the line width of the Dimension is respected, while the one for the view does not change, despite being at a ridiculous value.

I've also tried to change the line width in the part design/sketch to see if it had an influence on the Techdraw, but it doesn't.

Thanks
Chris

[Roy_043]

You should look at the View tab in the Property_editor. Line Width = 17.7 mm.

[chaen]

Hi @Roy_043,

thanks for your answer.

This is the value I changed and played with, but it does not actually change the line width on the TechDraw

[Roy_043]

Sorry, forgot to mention you need to use Std_Refresh to update.

[chaen]

Unfortunately, if I just change the value, the Refresh button is greyed out. I tried marking the view for recompute and then refresh, but still, no changes

[kisolre]

It changes view display as every keypress here

OS: Windows 8.1 (6.3)
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.19.23266 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: ed063646edb2803b035b800e645e0bfa5384d980
Python version: 3.6.8
Qt version: 5.12.1
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.3.0
Locale: Bulgarian/Bulgaria (bg_BG)

[chrisb]

In case it is an OpenGL issue: Did you try to export as PDF? How does the attached file looks like? I changed lineWidth to 1mm.

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OS: macOS 10.15
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.19.23141 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: 0eba78d40096720f7a637a9a73c382a08b820bca
Python version: 3.8.6
Qt version: 5.12.5
Coin version: 4.0.0
OCC version: 7.4.0
Locale: C/Default (C)

[chaen]

I tried with your file FCstd file and the one I created but the exported PDF is the same. And it remains the same no matter the value of Line Width for the view. See screenshot

Thank you all for your help