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Transparent viewport?

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Message 1 of 7
Anonymous
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Transparent viewport?

How can I make viewports in paperspace transparent? I'd like to put text and
lines over the viewports, but the annotations aren't visible on-screen
unless I select them. However, they are visible when I print. I've tried
bring the annotations to front, and sending the viewports to back, but this
doesn't seem to make any difference, and neither does changing the z-coords
of the respective objects.
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Message 2 of 7
jlaidler
in reply to: Anonymous

Place your viewports on the defpoints layer.
Message 3 of 7
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

"jclaidler" wrote in message

> Place your viewports on the defpoints layer.

This doesn't seem to make any difference. The following is leaving me
wondering what is going on...

Working on a new drawing, I went to the default layout for the first time,
to prepare to do a preliminary plot. The only thing I changed was the paper
size, from A4 to A1. The default viewport was created on the current layer -
a layer that I had created. Just for the hell of it, I decided to see what
would happen when a drew a line, in paper space, over the viewport. Lo and
behold, the line is visible through/over the viewport. Even if I change the
layer that the viewport and/or line is on, the line remains visible.

Now, here's the odd bit - the line disappears behind some of the drawing
elements in model space (eg, a solid hatch). The line is definitely in paper
space, as is the viewport (white background), and the rest of the drawing is
in model space (black background).

Weird...
Message 4 of 7
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

do you have print paperspace objects last checked on the plot settings
screen menu


"Wally" wrote in message
news:D5C5EFB794810699FE27513BB7812F2A@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> "jclaidler" wrote in message
>
> > Place your viewports on the defpoints layer.
>
> This doesn't seem to make any difference. The following is leaving me
> wondering what is going on...
>
> Working on a new drawing, I went to the default layout for the first time,
> to prepare to do a preliminary plot. The only thing I changed was the
paper
> size, from A4 to A1. The default viewport was created on the current
layer -
> a layer that I had created. Just for the hell of it, I decided to see what
> would happen when a drew a line, in paper space, over the viewport. Lo and
> behold, the line is visible through/over the viewport. Even if I change
the
> layer that the viewport and/or line is on, the line remains visible.
>
> Now, here's the odd bit - the line disappears behind some of the drawing
> elements in model space (eg, a solid hatch). The line is definitely in
paper
> space, as is the viewport (white background), and the rest of the drawing
is
> in model space (black background).
>
> Weird...
>
>
>
>
Message 5 of 7
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Make the viewport active in the layout and set SHADEMODE to 2D to make the
viewport transparent.

Rob Fowler.

"Wally" wrote in message
news:05D2D77E8059A0CBB6EA1E4B5081A957@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> How can I make viewports in paperspace transparent? I'd like to put text
and
> lines over the viewports, but the annotations aren't visible on-screen
> unless I select them. However, they are visible when I print. I've tried
> bring the annotations to front, and sending the viewports to back, but
this
> doesn't seem to make any difference, and neither does changing the
z-coords
> of the respective objects.
>
>
Message 6 of 7
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

try this
go to options>system tab>layout regen options> and check regen when switching
layouts.



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Message 7 of 7
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

"robfowler" wrote in message

> Make the viewport active in the layout and set SHADEMODE to 2D to make the
> viewport transparent.

Folks,

Thanks for the replies. Rob's solution, above, produces exactly what I'm
looking for. 🙂


Wally

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