white screen vs dark sceen

[muleman1]

So I am following a sugesstion that the dark background on my screen will be easier on my eyes that the white background I have worked with for countless years....  I do not discount advice, but try all tips and advice I can get. But since I am trying the dark background I have issues with pdf plotting the dims and text.  See pix.

pdf generated from plot with dark backgroundpdf after changing back to white backgroundnot sure how this happened....

[Rob_Merriman]

Hi @muleman1 

Not currently at my machine so can't test but I think it's something to do with this - https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/advance-steel/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2020/ENU...

Had the drawings already been run then you changed the setting? If so a Regen in the drawing might resolve the issue 

[muleman1]

I chose "no background" this eliminates the blackouts on our PDF's, but now when we move a dim value over an adjacent line, you can see the clash of the dim text and whatever is behind it.... 

[muleman1]

@Rob_Merriman   @acbsdesign  I posted that solution to quick... take a look at this screencast..

https://autode.sk/3Tn8HUb

[acbsdesign]

@muleman1 

Hi, not at work, but my setup is all black everywhere-model when wireframe, dark interface, paperspace is all black, no paper background.

No issues with dims.

I can’t work all day with white background, it is killing my eyes.

Have a great weekend.

[bigcarl5000kg]

Hi @muleman1 ,

my desktop is in model / layouts always black, no problems with dimensions etc. The basis is the corresponding settings in Options / Colors and in AutoCad drawing style (for me, dimensions always have a background color). Also take a look at the print settings. Set the EPDFSHX variable to 0. That's my experience 😉😁 ...

[Rob_Merriman · Accepted solution]

hI @muleman1 

These are the settings I have in my prototypes and my management defaults

I have my background white, ive done the following tests

1. AutoCAD background white - ran a drawing, printed ok

2. AutoCAD background white - ran a drawing, changed AutoCAD background to black - printed ok

3. AutoCAD background black - ran a drawing, printed ok

Even if i had a drawing open with a white background, changed to black (i would still get the labels showing solid back) if i printed without doing a regen the PDF came out ok.

From watching your screencast the only difference I can see is the Dimension Style colour, mine was set to Background