topic Re: Transparency level of dimensions line in AutoCAD Forum

Transparency level of dimensions line

Anonymous — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 06:02:58 GMT

Dear Friends,

I need to decrease transparency level of dimensions line, and i have to fix that in one place. that may be in dimensions style or others. how do i fix. please help me.

Re: Transparency level of dimensions line

Alfred.NESWADBA — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 07:15:12 GMT

Hi,

open the layer manager (command _LAYER), select the layer on which the dimension object was created and define the transparency value there.

May I ask why objects (without fillings, just lines) need a transparency? If you want to have them lighter the solution would be to give them a lighter layer color.

HTH, - alfred -

Re: Transparency level of dimensions line

avminkler — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 20:45:45 GMT

I was also looking for something like this. The lightest line weight is still too dark in my opinion as I use that same line weight for other items as well. I'd love the dimension lines to appear "ghosted" as if they were a faded drafting line. Setting the layer transparency that they are on though just makes the entire dimension transparent instead of just the extension line. I could always just draw the extension lines manually and have their transparency set lighter, but that's just a lot of unneeded drafting coordination. It's a great "wishlist" item...

Re: Transparency level of dimensions line

S.Faris — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 04:58:07 GMT

Inorder to achieve what you need, you can reduce the Screening value of the respective color inside the CTB. See below example

MODELSPACEPDF OUTPUTCTB

Re: Transparency level of dimensions line

avminkler — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 14:39:43 GMT

That is a great idea! I'll have to give it a shot. I've forgotten about screening ever since transparency came around...