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I have just come across a problem I do not think I have experienced before.

I have just reinstalled ICAD 6.2 after having purchased a new computer and I now find that a square drawn on the screen appears as a rectangle, noticeably higher than wide. I am not able to check with my old computer as it just crashed and is finished, however I don't recall I noticed this effect until now.

If you draw an inclined line and then draw a second line perpendicular to it, the second line does not appear as perpendicular and is noticeably inclined, although a printout to paper is drawn as it should.

Can this effect be corrected.

Warren Sugden

warrensugden,

Try different settings on your video card.

John Finlay

Where do I go to get access to the video card settings ???

Warren Sugden

warrensugden,

Right click on an empty location of your desktop and select properties.

Select the tab "Settings" You can adjust the screen resolution.

Also select "Advanced" and the tab "Adaptor" to adjust other settings that your specific Video Card controls.

John Finlay

Thank you John, that's the trick.

I should have realised myself.

The new video card was set on a resolution of 1280 x 600 by default (i presume) and is the worst possible resolution, hence the disproportion. On the screen that image of a square physically measured about 140 mm x 80 mm wide.

Warren Sugden