Settings and Resources to Help With Human / Disability Visual Issues

Being visually impaired myself (due to injury I became partially blind and now have an artificial lens in one of my eyes to 'fix' my sight) and the channel attracting a good spread across ages with varying eye sight and visual abilities I have decided to start to build a information resource to help in this area. Anyone with any information they think that would be helpful and should be included please contact me and I will add. This includes both tools and style sheets that can help with visual aids. What styles work for you? Do you like the dark styles or do you prefer the default light style that comes with freeCAD as default.

Please note that his page is still a 'work in progress' and it's worth checking back for updates. I am especially interested in any setting for higher definition monitors that need special configuration if any.

At the moment there is a project carved out in the freeCAD development road map to fix issues with larger and high resolution displays. At time of writing certain OS settings can be adjusted to make the size of text bigger. In the future I look forward to seeing the fruits of the freeCAD's developers labour and for this CAD package to be at one with high resolution and multiple monitors. When this happens I can see industries looking towards freeCAD with more interest and we should see its reach extended. This area of development is key to see freeCAD being a more common choice as a solution to deliver commercial solutions and products.

More information regarding the roadmap / master plan can be found in the wiki at https://wiki.freecadweb.org/HiDPI_support

Preferences

These setting are accessible from the Top menu > edit > preferences.

Left Column Icon

Tab

Section

Option(s)

Values

GeneralGeneralMain WindowSize of toolbar iconChanges the size of the icons on the toolbar from between small to extra large.
Display3D ViewGeneralShow coordinate system in the corner: Relative size.

Pick Radius		Changing the relative size will change the size of the navigation cube in the bottom right of the screen

The accuracy of the mouse pointer over the target i.e. higher pick radius will mean hovering near to a vertex will highlight it for selection.  Note going to high will result in not being able to select what you want unless you start zooming in.


RenderingMarker SizeChanges the size of the points within a sketch.

NavigationNavigation Cube

Size of navigation cube.

Changes the size of the navigation cube.

ColorsSelectionEnable preselection highlighting.When rolling over the edges and the faces they are highlighted by default until you leave the face or edge. This can be distracting and can be turned off or the color changes



Background ColorChanging this to a simple color and selecting a color of your choice can help with contrast. Note that you may have to change other colors such as sketch lines if you choose the same colors as the lines.


TreeviewActive ColorThis can be changed to show a more vivid highlight.
Part DesignShape AppearanceDefault shape view propertiesNumerousThere are a number of settings that can change the point size, line width and color to make it easier on the eyes.
SketcherDisplaySketch EditingFont SizeChanges the font size and constraint size when editing a sketch.


ColorsNumerousChange color of the sketch lines, points, constraints etc






Comments

  1. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2023 at 6:24 PM

    YOU GOT MY ATTENTION AT now have an artificial lens in one of my eyes to 'fix' my sight) CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT THAT mejias4682@gmail.com thank you.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2023 at 6:30 PM

    i did find out the center point is the vertex , i have changed the color to a light red and its only visiable when it not looked upon staight down , if i do look at the from the top view i can to see it , but if i move it on an angle just a little i can see it , i am using a solid color and not any of the pre-set dark themes.

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