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by olh
Thu Mar 13, 2025 9:14 pm
Forum: Features use and tips
Topic: changing line width in PDF export
Replies: 1
Views: 2861

changing line width in PDF export

Hello,

in a simple room with dimensioning, the lines for the room itself and the lines for the dimensions of each wall have apparently the same thickness in the 2D PDF export.

Is there a way to draw the lines for the room thicker, and the lines for dimensions thinner? I looked for an option to ...
by olh
Fri Jul 13, 2018 8:42 am
Forum: Features use and tips
Topic: Some notes after fist usage
Replies: 4
Views: 4158

Re: Some notes after fist usage

.. a tool that saves me from doing any math. Some math, I am afraid, is inevitable...


The tool that did the math for me was FreeCAD. It has the sketcher, which allowed me to draw all walls, applied constraints like distance, angle and certain alignments. Finally it is possible to apply an angle ...
by olh
Sat Jul 07, 2018 3:08 pm
Forum: Features use and tips
Topic: Some notes after fist usage
Replies: 4
Views: 4158

Re: Some notes after fist usage

.. a tool that saves me from doing any math. Some math, I am afraid, is inevitable...


Well, that means there is room for improvement in the tooling. Why would a human do _that_ sort of math? Only to refresh what one learned a couple of decades ago, or if one loves math.


I tried two apparments ...
by olh
Sun Jul 01, 2018 9:31 pm
Forum: Features use and tips
Topic: Some notes after fist usage
Replies: 4
Views: 4158

Some notes after fist usage

Today I used SweetHome3D-5.7 for the first time. The plan was to get a true-to-scale representation of all rooms in an existing appartment, including dimensioning. I hoped to use a tool that saves me from doing any math.

What I used as a base is a drawed plan with all dimensions, the exact distance ...