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Rectangle icon missing - view has a dark bacground instead of white

ronald_sharer914
ronald_sharer914 Member Posts: 2 ✭
in Community Support

First-time user and going through tutorials. When I open my first sketch the background is black instead of white and I cannot find the rectangle icon to draw a square. Advice?

Ron

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  • Ste_Wilson
    Ste_Wilson Member Posts: 652 EDU
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    If the background is black that's a browser/ graphics card issue. A quick search on here should find you some fixes. The easiest being try a different browser.

  • Matt_Shields
    Matt_Shields Member, Onshape Employees Posts: 979 EDU

    In Onshape, a black screen indicates that you are having a graphics rendering problem (or you're in dark mode).  If you are in Chrome, check to make sure hardware acceleration is enabled:

    • Go to chrome://settings/
    • System
    • Make sure “use hardware acceleration when available” is checked.
    • Go to chrome://flags/
    • Make sure “Override software rendering list” is Enabled.

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