Values may be entered using either decimal inches or millimeters. Use a ruler to measure the length of each line on the screen, and then type their values in the fields below. Click on the “Screen Calibration” button. Choose “Program Preferences” from the “Tools” pull-down, and then choose the “Drawing tab.” Screen Calibration.jpg (42.91 KiB) Viewed 17819 times In the Function Key Indicators section, check Hide Function Key Indicators to remove the F1 through S0 labels. You can hide the function key indicators that normally appear next to the left-hand menu buttons. Setting this value to 64 should add a little more than 1/4" to the menu on your tablet's display. This value determines the additional width, measured in pixels, to increase the left-hand menu width by. You can increase this value to 'spread out' the buttons to make better use of the available menu area. This value determines the vertical space, measured in pixels, between left-hand menu buttons. On the Menus tab, you can increase the Menu Button Spacing. There are a couple other interface settings you may find useful to customize the menus to your liking. You should see the change in DataCAD immediately.
Select Apply, and after a few moments Windows will update your display. Select Menus from the drop-down list and change it from the default of 9 to 12 or 14 to match the size you set for DataCAD's left-hand menus. You can individually set the text size for Title bars, Menus, Message boxes, Palette titles, Icons, and Tooltips. On this page, you can 'Change only the text size' if 'Let me choose one scaling level for all my displays' is unchecked. In the lower-left corner under See Also, select Display. Right-click on your desktop and select Personalize. Personalization_Display.jpg (112.4 KiB) Viewed 17819 times
Select the Compatibility tab and check 'Disable display scaling on high DPI settings.' Right-click on your DataCAD program icon and select Properties. You can prevent Windows from scaling DataCAD’s interface by changing a compatibility setting. In the section of DCADWIN.INI, set the key, Logical Pen Width=TRUE. On older versions, you'll have to manually change the value. Starting with DataCAD 19, Logical Pen Width is TRUE by default. This can cause DataCAD's interface to look ‘chunky.’ You can often correct this problem by enabling DataCAD’s Logical Pen Width setting. This means a 16 pixel icon that used to appear about 3/16” square, will be reduced to less than 3/32” square.ĭisplay Scaling tries to overcome this problem by resizing the display by 150% or more.
The recent introduction of tablets like the Surface Pro 4 have pushed the typical 96 ppi of legacy laptop displays to 267 ppi. Starting with Windows Vista, Microsoft introduced display scaling to improve legibility on smaller, high resolution displays. Prior to DataCAD 19, you'll have to change these settings, as noted below, by editing DCADWIN.INI using a text editor such as Notepad. Note: This article has been updated to reflect the newly-expanded Program Preferences dialog that now includes all of these settings. Customizing DataCAD's Interface for Hi-Rez Displays