When opening a drawing, my lines are suddenly very thick. What happened?

Issue: When opening a drawing, the lines are suddenly very thick.

Solution: This is due to the lineweight being displayed. To turn the lines back to normal, type LWEIGHT into the command line and uncheck the 'Display Lineweight' check box

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