UI Zoom in Simulator vs actual panel

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CarlBeek
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UI Zoom in Simulator vs actual panel

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TL,DR; Is there a UI zoom setting?

There seems to be a difference between the screens I design in the simulator and how they are displayed on my iEFIS panel. Specifically all the text and numbers seem a bit larger when I load my custom screens onto my EFIS so that text over-runs itself. I've searched the manuals and dug through all the settings I can find on my panel and can't find anything. Does anyone have any ideas as to why these discrepancies exist?
MikeBlackburn
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Re: UI Zoom in Simulator vs actual panel

Post by MikeBlackburn »

Apologies if this is an insulting answer..... but are you sure you’re selecting the project size that matches your unit? I.e Challenger, Oddysey etc?
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CarlBeek
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Re: UI Zoom in Simulator vs actual panel

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Not insulting at all! I'm kinda expecting it to be something stupid like this.

That said, I have double checked I'm using the correct project size.
rainier
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Re: UI Zoom in Simulator vs actual panel

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There can be a very small difference depending on font. In the simulator text is rendered using Windows's text functions while the EFIS does it from pre-prepared font tables.
If you find you have a large difference please check your Windows "easy read" magnification setting - make sure Windows will render fonts in original size. Windows may increase the font size but will not change the rest of the graphics so it tends to look a little odd.
CarlBeek
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Re: UI Zoom in Simulator vs actual panel

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I've looked the windows magnification settings, but those are disabled (fresh Windows install running the latest simulator and EFIS also recently updated). I also tried disabling display scaling in case that had an effect. Sill, I find no effect.

I can imagine that there may be small differences, but the difference seems to be rather substantial to me. Text elements on the actual EFIS appear ~150% of the size that they do in the simulator.
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