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Line width and large drawing units

Hello, brand new user, here. My first sketch is in the mile scale, using miles as units. In creating a sketch on the order of 15 miles wide, how can I show a line that is several pixels wide? The widest line widths I can choose are on the order of millimeters, therefore are infinitesimally small with respect to the image scale.

Thank you for any guidance!

dellus

Re: Line width and large drawing units

Line width determines how the lines look printed, regardless of the scale. I suppose you don't intend to print out in scale 1:1. Switch to Print Preview mode and set your desired scale, if necessary move the sheet to the proper position, and then you can see how it will look like.

Re: Line width and large drawing units

Thank you for the reply! I will play with that setting. Basically, I want the pic that represents 15 miles wide to print on 8.5x11" paper with lines that are 2-3mm wide

On Mon, May 3, 2021, 4:56 PM dellus [via LibreCAD] <[hidden email]> wrote:

Line width determines how the lines look printed, regardless of the scale. I suppose you don't intend to print out in scale 1:1. Switch to Print Preview mode and set your desired scale, if necessary move the sheet to the proper position, and then you can see how it will look like.

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