Hello,
I am using AutoCAD 2015.
I want to use a background mask on my text but I also do not want my aerial image to get wiped-out. Is there a way to have a gray-scale wipeout behind text but not affect the imagery that is referenced in the same file?
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Hi,
generally I would say no, not possible.
Imagine you have an arial image, above of that you have a hatch and again on top of that you have a text, now the text-object should have a wipeout that wipes out the hatch but not the image?
What you might try is to use hatches with color 255,255,255 on a special "myWipeOut" layer and in case the default text-wipeout (mask) does not fit to your needs you can create a hatch on that layer, use command _DRAWORDER to have it below the text/above the image and use the transparency (of the layer) to get the image visible.
But that's a workaround that needs to be used careful, draworder might swp and has to be verified before plot, the hatch as replacement for the MTEXT-mask does not follow the text itself if you move it (or do any other modification).
Sorry, - alfred -
You could try using mtext with background mask set to background color. Put the mtext on a layer with transparency set. When plotting make sure plot transparecy is checked. Experiment with the transparency number of the layer to get a compromise between legible text and visible image.
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