No solution works for me, and I think that AutoCAD LT ( and perhaps AutoCAD) just can't do transparency on a block buried in a Multileader. The software can’t sustain the settings for PLOT after a save, and can’t sustain the settings at all for PUBLISH. Here’s what I mean:
@sparchitects.s have you seen THIS? Don't skip over that last sentence at the end of the article labelled "best practice", seems Autodesk is aware of the issue for users.
Thank you for the work around.
It could be my graphics card but when using color 252 as the hatch, it Plots and Publishes looking like I had applied the transparency (which again, thank you for the work around), but the display ignores the color 251 assignment and displays the hatch in the layer color onto which the multileader is placed which in this case is yellow. Luckily my attributes are green and the color differentiation allows me to see the attribute thru the yellow, but not expected behavior... and wouldn't work if my lettering was yellow.
I will say now that i don't think it's a plotting issue because the transparency won't sustain upon saving, closing and reopening. Plotting and /or Publishing doesn't even come into play, so I should have perhaps entitled this thread something different.
Have you found a solution to this? I believe I'm having the same exact issue. I have a block which has transparency set to ByLayer. This block works perfectly normal when used by itself - meaning the transparency changes if the if layer is changed. However, I have tried using this block with a multileader and the leader has the correct transparency of the layer, but the block is displaying as if it has transparency of 0. The properties show that the transparency is still ByLayer. Other attributes, such as the color, change correctly if moved to a different layer - it seems that transparency is the only thing not working correctly.
As Pendean explained above, "Autodesk is aware of the issue for users."
So no solution, but a work around that solved the problem for me:
If wanting a "transparency" look assigned to a block that is buried inside a multileader, open the buried block and assign one of the Colors 251-254 to your hatch instead of a transparency. Although the hatch in the buried block has a color assigned 251-254, when the multileader is placed on a layer with a different color, it takes on that different color as opposed to 251-254.
...and it plots looking like it is transparent. See attached
I took this workaround from Pendean's post: @sparchitects.s have you seen THIS? Don't skip over that last sentence at the end of the article labelled "best practice", seems Autodesk is aware of the issue for users.
Best Practice
When presenting smaller objects or lines use Color-dependent plot style tables (CTB) with Line Types of various Lineweights and grayscales instead of transparency (Ex. Color 250-255).
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