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Print preview & pdf export ISO anomaly

Bebbspoke
Hi Peoples  - am using Version: 2.2.0-rc4-23-ge3fae3dc
Compiler: GNU GCC 12.2.0
Compiled on: Nov  4 2022
Qt Version: 5.12.11
Boost Version: 1.75.0
System: Windows 10 (10.0)
... it seems the "ISO" (both for txt & (some) linewidths) is being ignored in Print Preview...
this also appears as ecf in Export to pdf...
Any suggestions please?Sq4221213.pdf
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Re: Print preview & pdf export ISO anomaly

dellus
What do you mean with "ISO"?
What is ecf? Sorry, not native English speakers don't know all abbreviations.

Looking at your pdf I imagine it might be an issue of scaling the print. Normally line widths stay as they are regardless of printing scale. In ancient CAD times a real pen was mounted to a plotter. So 0.25 mm stayed 0.25 mm even at 1/100 scale. As your pdf is A4 size I assume the content is scaled down, but not the pen width. If you print at 1/1, full size, it would look all right.
I recommend to print to pdf at full size, with a larger sheet size. Then you can print that pdf onto real paper scaled down.
Alternatively you can set "apply print scale to line width" in Print Preview.


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Re: Print preview & pdf export ISO anomaly

Bebbspoke
Hi Dellus - thank you for your response.
"ISO" in both text size & linewidth options - as far as I'm concerned implies isometry - that is the size does not change subsequent to any scaling.
"ecf" = Error Carried Forward (accepted parlence in development engineering).
I have tried your suggestions and am fairly certain the problem is resolved, thanks.