mdemco Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I had a square 19 inch monitor and just put went to duals with the existing 19 incher and a new 24 inch wide screen. On the 19 inch monitor everything looks normal, on the wide screen circles are oblonged towards the side. Like the image has been grabbed at each side an pulled on. Messing with the computer resolution setting does not do much except for make everything really big. Does AutoCAD have a resolution setting inside the program for dealing with this??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgarjr Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Dont think so, it should all be controlled with the resolution settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustysilo Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Does your video card support widescreen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdemco Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 That is what I was wondering, the computer was built for the monitor, it is a dell precision 5400. The monitor came with it. I did notice the IT guy did not use the supplied DVI cable, he hooked up an adapter on the back of the computer and than ran the cable to the monitor and hooked into the plug next to the dvi slot. Does this matter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Sounds like a screen adjustment is necessary. Tweak it via the On Screen Display. You'll probably have to resize your screen display horizontally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankman Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Wide screen does look a bit "stretched." Adjust via the On Screen Display like ReMark suggests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathByDesign Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Wide screen has nothing to do with it. If im good at anything its computers and what not. I have a HP w2207 22" wide screen and I am running a 2nd montor which happens to be an old Compaq 19" Crt. what you need to do is have ur 24" be #1 and ur 19" be #2 as a secondry. dvi doesnt matter. All this is done in your display properties. Once you do that it should work fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Ok I run twin screens set to 1280x1024 if I ran one screen I would look for a res of 2560x1024 to achieve the same look and feel, circles would look like circles then, there is a calibration factor inside Autocad but its been that long since I used it I wouldn't know where to look. ie you want a ratio of 2x1 your graphic card is probably the problem not the screen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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