LT Spice creates plots with very thin lines and schematics with very thin wires and elements. This results in poor scans that either "blotch out" from setting contrast too high, or using a setting other than 1-bit which results in large files. Neither option seems acceptable.
Has anyone found a way to increase the line width / thickness in LT Spice plots and schematic prints so that reasonable prints & scans can be created?
If your "number of points per decade" are low i.e. 10 or so you can try enabling "Plot Settings/Mark Data Points".
ReplyDeleteMakes prints a little more clear.
I'd like to know how to turn-off the black background.
Craig
Within LTSpice, click Tools->Control Panel and then click the Waveforms tab and enable the "Plot data with thick lines" option to increase the plot trace thickness.
ReplyDeleteTo change the colors for the various traces, click Tools->Color Preferences. You can also change the plot background color in this dialog box.
Thanks Damon.
ReplyDeleteA number of others and I seem to have missed this option. Also note that Tools -> Control Panel -> Drafting Options has a checkbox for "Draft with Thick Lines". This allows the schematic wires to be thicker. Printing directly from LT Spice still results in extremely poor plots & scans, as the drafting option is not carried over into printing. However, one can change the background of the schematic in Tools -> Color Preferences as Damon showed, then take a screen shot and print that out. Once again, another asinine workaround for LT Spice.
How I do this is:
ReplyDelete-Set Schematic and plot backgrounds to WHITE
-Grid colors to midtone grey
-Shrink any plot window so that fonts and lines are thicker in proportion
-Copy image using the copy to bitmap option in the menu rather than prnt scn
-In MSword, Increase size of image so that the fonts and lines are thicker and better for re-scanning.