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Increase icon size?

Question asked by Stan Conston on Apr 6, 2015
Latest reply on Dec 14, 2016 by Andrew Schneider

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Hello, I just started up my new Dell M3800 laptop and installed SW2015. My issue is that if I try to run the display at the highest setting (3840 x 2160), the icons are too small to see. I've set the display to large icons, etc. as folks have previously recommended, but that still left teeny-tiny icons. The part or assembly display is absolutely amazing at this resolution, but the system is unusable without a magnifying glass! Obviously, I've been working at a lower resolution, but... it would be nice to use the full power of the Dell display. Does anyone have suggestions for making the icons/text/etc. a lot larger? Thanks in advance.

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Scott Rypstra Jul 13, 2016 5:17 PM

Wow...everyone with their fancy high-res displays!!

My monitors are only half (quarter?) the resolution of yours--and my SW2016 icons are kinda too big!!

How do I make my icons smaller?

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Jason Edelman Jul 13, 2016 6:09 PM

Windows Display Scaling

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Scott Rypstra @ Jason Edelman on Jul 14, 2016 10:13 AM

Now how do I make icons smaller than that?

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Tom Gagnon @ Scott Rypstra on Jul 14, 2016 10:45 AM

You can Customize your view by right-click in a ribbon, menus, or toolbars area, then select Customize. It brings this window up:

Right Clicking in the Ribbon also allows you to toggle "Use Large Buttons with Text" to display or not, and see if that works for you.

I don't mean to be snarky, because I'm fairly sure this is not the answer you were looking for. You could upgrade your display hardware.

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Larissa Pelke Nov 6, 2016 9:38 AM

Hi,

have you found a solution/Workaround?

I'm running SW 2015 with 3840/2160 on my Lenovo P50 and the size of the icons (in the menue bar as well as on the on the right side) is r.a. 4mmx4mm (even at 150%)

Resizing the resolution under windows to e.g. 1920x1080 does not help as the size of the icons does not change.

I'm more than frustrated as I can't use SW this way.

Any help/ideas?

Many thanks in advance

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Dwight Livingston @ Larissa Pelke on Nov 6, 2016 10:47 AM

Larissa

You can do custom scaling, more that 150%. I don't know that it will get you what you want, but give it a try.

Dwight

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Larissa Pelke @ Dwight Livingston on Nov 19, 2016 6:15 AM

Hi Dwight,

unfortunately it doesn't work... because this changes the size of everything (Internet, email account, etc.) but I just want the icons to be bigger... when I open SolidWorks, the icons have a diameter of 0,03937 inches (1mm) !

But thanks a lot for your answer !

Larissa

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Andrew Schneider Dec 14, 2016 7:32 PM

I'm using solidworks on a mac computer that is running windows and whenever i try to set the settings in solidworks or my intel display settings the icons in solidworks cad never get larger than a few centimeters. is there anything anyone can think of to help? thanks.

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Scott Rypstra Jul 13, 2016 5:17 PM
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Wow...everyone with their fancy high-res displays!!
My monitors are only half (quarter?) the resolution of yours--and my SW2016 icons are kinda too big!!
How do I make my icons smaller?
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Jason Edelman Jul 13, 2016 6:09 PM
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Windows Display Scaling
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- Scott Rypstra @ Jason Edelman on Jul 14, 2016 10:13 AM
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  Now how do I make icons smaller than that?
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  - Tom Gagnon @ Scott Rypstra on Jul 14, 2016 10:45 AM
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    You can Customize your view by right-click in a ribbon, menus, or toolbars area, then select Customize. It brings this window up:
    Right Clicking in the Ribbon also allows you to toggle "Use Large Buttons with Text" to display or not, and see if that works for you.
    
    I don't mean to be snarky, because I'm fairly sure this is not the answer you were looking for. You could upgrade your display hardware.
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Larissa Pelke Nov 6, 2016 9:38 AM
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Hi,

have you found a solution/Workaround?

I'm running SW 2015 with 3840/2160 on my Lenovo P50 and the size of the icons (in the menue bar as well as on the on the right side) is r.a. 4mmx4mm (even at 150%)

Resizing the resolution under windows to e.g. 1920x1080 does not help as the size of the icons does not change.

I'm more than frustrated as I can't use SW this way.

Any help/ideas?

Many thanks in advance
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- Dwight Livingston @ Larissa Pelke on Nov 6, 2016 10:47 AM
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  Larissa
  
  You can do custom scaling, more that 150%. I don't know that it will get you what you want, but give it a try.
  
  Dwight
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  - Larissa Pelke @ Dwight Livingston on Nov 19, 2016 6:15 AM
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    Hi Dwight,
    unfortunately it doesn't work... because this changes the size of everything (Internet, email account, etc.) but I just want the icons to be bigger... when I open SolidWorks, the icons have a diameter of 0,03937 inches (1mm) !
    But thanks a lot for your answer !
    
    Larissa
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Andrew Schneider Dec 14, 2016 7:32 PM
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I'm using solidworks on a mac computer that is running windows and whenever i try to set the settings in solidworks or my intel display settings the icons in solidworks cad never get larger than a few centimeters. is there anything anyone can think of to help? thanks.
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