Navigation Cube: text illegible

[vwegert]

On my mac (details below), the navigation cube in the top right looks like this:

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It doesn't look too bad in the screenshots, but I have a relatively high resolution monitor. At normal viewing distance, it's very hard to identify the text.

I have not found a setting to change the font or font size of the cube - have I missed that?

I have not observed this behaviour on my Windows machine - however, that has a screen with a much lower resolution. I'm not sure what information would be needed to identify this issue. I'll include some display information from the system diagnostics (sorry, that's localized to German on my machine) - if you need more, please let me know.

OS: macOS 10.15
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.19.22846 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: 1f46b72491a0008384a6db4f2615a656249f6f08
Python version: 3.8.6
Qt version: 5.12.5
Coin version: 4.0.0
OCC version: 7.4.0
Locale: C/Default (C)

U28E850:
Auflösung: 2560 x 1440 (QHD/WQHD - Wide Quad High Definition)
UI sieht aus wie: 2560 x 1440 @ 60 Hz
Framepuffertiefe: 30-Bit Farbe (ARGB2101010)
Hauptdisplay: Ja
Synchronisierung: Aus
Eingeschaltet: Ja
Rotation: Unterstützt
Helligkeit automatisch anpassen: Nein
Verbindungstyp: DVI oder HDMI
Adapter Firmware-Version: 7,55

(Note that the Display is capable of running at 3840x2160 natively, but changing to that resolution does not appear to affect the rendering of the cube.)

[Kunda1]

This looks like HiDPi related UI tweaks. Stuff that @vanuan was working on.

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[Roy_043]

There are a number of preferences related to the navi cube. To my knowledge they can't be changed in the Preferences Editor yet. But there is an add-on for this: CubeMenu, that can be installed with the Std_AddonMgr command. Once installed you can access the add-on via the Mini-cube menu (click on the little cube below the main navi cube and select 'Cube menu...').

[vanuan]

This looks like HiDPi related UI tweaks. Stuff that @vanuan was working on.

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According to the master plan, here's what the fix would entail:

• determine the font (from the OS settings)
• scale the font to the value that is appropriate for the navigation cube
• make the navicube of size that fits the largest string ("bottom")
• render the navicube by taking into account dpi and scaling (make navicube to be larger by a factor)
• disable "dumb" autoscaling in the 3D view

[vanuan]

There are a number of preferences related to the navi cube. To my knowledge they can't be changed in the Preferences Editor yet. But there is an add-on for this: CubeMenu, that can be installed with the Std_AddonMgr command. Once installed you can access the add-on via the Mini-cube menu (click on the little cube below the main navi cube and select 'Cube menu...').

The setting is here
https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/2967

[Roy_043]

The setting is here

Not anymore. Also there are more settings now. Just have a play with the mentioned add-on.
The new location of the NaviCube settings is:
BaseApp > Preferences > NaviCube

[Kunda1]

According to the master plan, here's what the fix would entail:

Thanks for the thorough reply.

[vwegert]

Thanks for the information. Just to be sure I didn't miss anything: I added the Add-On, then opened the Cube Menu dialog, chose Settings, scrolled down to Navigation Cube Text, selected Font and set it to Arial Black, 96pt. (Note that the default settings dialog stops at 72pt, you have to enter 96 pt manually). This finally got me a legible text in the navigation cube - meaning I'm OK with the current state. I'm not sure whether that's a sensible default or workflow for the General User[tm]...?

[jdawgaz]

I installed the CubeMenu into the Mods directory, and I see a new menu show up when I click on the little box by the Navigator cube.

For the life of me, I cannot figure out how to get into the navigation cube preferences to change the size.
I have tried Edit->Preferences, but I don't see anything. Is there something I have to run in the python console or something?

Thanks.

I have:

OS: Linux Mint 20 (MATE/mate)
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.19.23546 (Git) AppImage
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: 6b017f9a16b15b0e628c8d874c4058442dee5548
Python version: 3.8.6
Qt version: 5.12.5
Coin version: 4.0.0
OCC version: 7.4.0
Locale: English/United States (en_US)

[UR_]

... when I click on the little box by the Navigator cube.

Please try this button:

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