AutoCAD 2019 - Not plotting BACKGROUND image in viewport ('Realistic' Visual style)

AECOM_BRaynes — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 10:59:21 GMT

So I'm starting to get rather vexed by this one.

I've got a drawing which contains a 3D visualisation for a new bridge. The various elements of the drawing (bridge, ground, surroundings etc) are XREF'd in, and this is working fine. I've got some camera views set up to give me 4No. views on the bridge and surroundings from different aspects. Two of them show "the sky".

For some reason, no matter what I try, every time i print the drawings, the sky background isn't showing.

I've used the built-in "sun and sky" option.

I've used various raster images.

I've played with the Visual Style Settings.

I've tried MVIEW.

I've tried changing the various raster options.

I've tried different printers (I'm trying to print to PDF).

I've tried changing the printer settings, the DPI, everything.

I've turned on and off Plot Transparencies, Pen Styles, and all the other printer settings in the PLOT window.

I've done drawing audits, run recover, purged everything I can find.

Nothing seems to have worked.

(I also have a secondary issue whereby the "Desaturate" option for colours in the Visual Styles Manager doesn't seem to have any affect - it shows in Paper Space, but prints out with full colour saturation when plotted.)

All these things would be understandable, if it wasn't for the fact i've got a second drawing, set up in EXACTLY THE SAME WAY as far as I can tell, that is behaving as it ought to.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Re: AutoCAD 2019 - Not plotting BACKGROUND image in viewport ('Realistic' Visual style)

imadHabash — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 11:23:56 GMT

Hi,

i suggest to check your image layer status mode ( maybe ) .

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