Community
Civil 3D Forum
Welcome to Autodesk’s Civil 3D Forums. Share your knowledge, ask questions, and explore popular AutoCAD Civil 3D topics.
cancel
Showing results for 
Show  only  | Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Washout an aerial Image

7 REPLIES 7
SOLVED
Reply
Message 1 of 8
DaveM
4935 Views, 7 Replies

Washout an aerial Image

All,

 

Is it possible to washout an image with civil 3d 2013? We have a black and white printer and i need to fade an aerial out so that the text will be visable.

Thanks,
Dave

Civil 3D 2013
HP Z400 Workstation
6GB of RAM
296GB HDD
ATI FirePro V5700(FireGL)
Win 7 Home Professional
Please use Kudos Where Deserved



7 REPLIES 7
Message 2 of 8
ToddRogers-WPM
in reply to: DaveM

Use layer transparency.



Todd Rogers
BIM Manager
Blog | Twitter | LinkedIn

Message 3 of 8
DaveM
in reply to: ToddRogers-WPM

I will be trieng this sometime soon today and let you know how it turns out. thanks for the response.

Thanks,
Dave

Civil 3D 2013
HP Z400 Workstation
6GB of RAM
296GB HDD
ATI FirePro V5700(FireGL)
Win 7 Home Professional
Please use Kudos Where Deserved



Message 4 of 8
Neilw_05
in reply to: DaveM

If you only need to provide more contrast with text and linework without making it transparent you can use Image Adjust to lighten the image. Select the image frame, right click and you should see Adjust in the pop up (or use the ribbon). Slide the adjuster toward Lighten to lighten the image.

 

Be aware that when you lighten the image it will actually look darker in Autocad but when printed it will be lighter. You'll need to run a print or 2 to check your settings.

Neil Wilson (a.k.a. neilw)
AEC Collection/C3D 2024, LDT 2004, Power Civil v8i SS1
WIN 10 64 PRO

http://www.sec-landmgt.com
Message 5 of 8
antoniovinci
in reply to: DaveM

Or, without touching the image, you can simply bring to front all your texts (command _DRAWORDER), then you enhance 'em thru the powerful _TEXTMASK command.

Message 6 of 8
AllenJessup
in reply to: DaveM

Another option is to create a "No-Plot" color with 0% shading and assign that color to the text. So then the text prints "white". I find that to be more visible than black text when working with an aerial.

 

Allen Jessup



Allen Jessup
Engineering Specialist / CAD Manager

Message 7 of 8
DaveM
in reply to: AllenJessup

All,

 

Thanks for all the suggestions. I ended up using Neils solution for my drawing, but the logic in most of these appears to be a suitable solution. I apologise for leaving this post open so long, I kind of forgot about it.

Thanks,
Dave

Civil 3D 2013
HP Z400 Workstation
6GB of RAM
296GB HDD
ATI FirePro V5700(FireGL)
Win 7 Home Professional
Please use Kudos Where Deserved



Message 8 of 8
doni49
in reply to: DaveM

I know you said that you've already got what you need.  But I thought I'd offer one more alternative for future reference.

 

I frequently use aerial maps and while I want be able to see and read the text, I also need to the see the map.  There've been several occasions that the portion of the map that would've been lost was very important.

 

So what I did was create a rectangle with a solid hatch pattern.  The hatch pattern was set to a 30% screening value and 60% transparent.  Then I placed my BLACK text on top of the hatch pattern.  This way, I could read the text just fine, but I could also see the underlying map.

 

Just another option.

 

I can't find one of the drawings where I actually did this but here's a sample using the same technique.  Of course, you can play with diff combinations of transparency/screening values for the hatch as well as changing the color/font of the text to make it all show up the way you want.

 

TextOverAerial.png

 

 



Don Ireland
Engineering Design Technician




If a reply solves your issue, please remember to click on "Accept as Solution". This will help other users looking to solve a similar issue. Thank you.


Please do not send a PM asking for assistance. That's what the forums are for. This allows everyone to benefit from the question asked and the answers given.

Can't find what you're looking for? Ask the community or share your knowledge.

Post to forums  

Rail Community


Autodesk Design & Make Report