Print Settings

You can specify line thicknesses that work best with your drawings.

See additional information about line thickness (external link to MySolidWorks.com).

Custom Line Thickness for Print Settings

You can set the line thickness used in print settings for drawing documents and templates from the drawing document properties.

To set the thickness of lines printed from drawings:

  1. Click Options (Standard toolbar).
  2. Set the print line thickness for any displayed thickness setting.


    You can modify the printed line thickness for a document when you print by clicking Line Thickness in the Print dialog box.

Setting Printed Line Thickness

You can set the line thickness used in print settings for drawing documents and templates from the drawing document properties.

To set the thickness of lines printed from drawings:

  1. Select File > Print and click Line Thickness.
  2. From Document Properties, select Line Thickness.


  3. Change any default values for printing the displayed thicknesses as necessary.
  4. Click OK twice.
To set the thickness of lines printed from drawings for templates, follow the steps above, then save the drawing as a template.