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chaskell12
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civil 3d labels background mask

chaskell12
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I have a user that when a C3D label is inserted into his dwg it has a background mask of a transparent red color in the layout tab (paper space and looking thru to model space). If you swith to model tab it does now show the mask. His is the only machine doind this. It does plot properly. The issue is that when opend in design review it is blacked out. Any ideas anyone?

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civil 3d labels background mask

I have a user that when a C3D label is inserted into his dwg it has a background mask of a transparent red color in the layout tab (paper space and looking thru to model space). If you swith to model tab it does now show the mask. His is the only machine doind this. It does plot properly. The issue is that when opend in design review it is blacked out. Any ideas anyone?

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Message 2 of 20
mconway
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What Object are you labeling? Alignment, Profile, Pipe, Structure? I'm trying to recreate to issue. Some styles may have different options based on the object you're labeling.
At your service,
Mark A. Conway
Director - Applied Technology
Autodesk Certified Instructor
AutoCAD & Civil 3D 2014 Certified Professional
Infrastructure Design Suite BIM Specialist
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What Object are you labeling? Alignment, Profile, Pipe, Structure? I'm trying to recreate to issue. Some styles may have different options based on the object you're labeling.
At your service,
Mark A. Conway
Director - Applied Technology
Autodesk Certified Instructor
AutoCAD & Civil 3D 2014 Certified Professional
Infrastructure Design Suite BIM Specialist
Follow me on Twitter @CADventurer





Message 3 of 20
chaskell12
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We are placing labels on structures labels contain offsets to an alignment.

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Curtis Haskell | Senior Design Technician/Drafting Supervisor
KSA Engineers, Inc. | www.ksaeng.com
Main: 903.236.7700 | Fax: 903.236.7779
chaskell@ksaeng.com

KSA Engineers, Inc. - Building Stronger Communities.
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We are placing labels on structures labels contain offsets to an alignment.

Thanks
Curtis Haskell | Senior Design Technician/Drafting Supervisor
KSA Engineers, Inc. | www.ksaeng.com
Main: 903.236.7700 | Fax: 903.236.7779
chaskell@ksaeng.com

KSA Engineers, Inc. - Building Stronger Communities.
Message 4 of 20
mconway
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Is the Mask appearing over the entire label or just a portion? Can you send me a screen shot?

At your service,
Mark A. Conway
Director - Applied Technology
Autodesk Certified Instructor
AutoCAD & Civil 3D 2014 Certified Professional
Infrastructure Design Suite BIM Specialist
Follow me on Twitter @CADventurer





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Is the Mask appearing over the entire label or just a portion? Can you send me a screen shot?

At your service,
Mark A. Conway
Director - Applied Technology
Autodesk Certified Instructor
AutoCAD & Civil 3D 2014 Certified Professional
Infrastructure Design Suite BIM Specialist
Follow me on Twitter @CADventurer





Message 5 of 20
chaskell12
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The label under the DISTESS image is not a c3d label but the others are.

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Curtis Haskell | Senior Design Technician/Drafting Supervisor
KSA Engineers, Inc. | www.ksaeng.com
Main: 903.236.7700 | Fax: 903.236.7779
chaskell@ksaeng.com

KSA Engineers, Inc. - Building Stronger Communities.
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The label under the DISTESS image is not a c3d label but the others are.

Thanks
Curtis Haskell | Senior Design Technician/Drafting Supervisor
KSA Engineers, Inc. | www.ksaeng.com
Main: 903.236.7700 | Fax: 903.236.7779
chaskell@ksaeng.com

KSA Engineers, Inc. - Building Stronger Communities.
Message 6 of 20
mconway
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No Images attached
At your service,
Mark A. Conway
Director - Applied Technology
Autodesk Certified Instructor
AutoCAD & Civil 3D 2014 Certified Professional
Infrastructure Design Suite BIM Specialist
Follow me on Twitter @CADventurer





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No Images attached
At your service,
Mark A. Conway
Director - Applied Technology
Autodesk Certified Instructor
AutoCAD & Civil 3D 2014 Certified Professional
Infrastructure Design Suite BIM Specialist
Follow me on Twitter @CADventurer





Message 7 of 20
Anonymous
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the lable to the far left is in paper space and is not a 3d label. The labels to the right are 3d labels, this is how they show up in paper space only. when switching to model space the red background fill is not visible.

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the lable to the far left is in paper space and is not a 3d label. The labels to the right are 3d labels, this is how they show up in paper space only. when switching to model space the red background fill is not visible.

Message 8 of 20
Anonymous
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I had a similar issue with a survey line label.  On the label style, it asks for the background color.   You have to set it.

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I had a similar issue with a survey line label.  On the label style, it asks for the background color.   You have to set it.

Message 9 of 20
chaskell12
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The label style background color is set the same as everyone else's, by layer for text and border in layout and in dragged state leader and dragged state component are all set to by layer. I have logged into his machine with my log in and it still has the same issues. Same drawing with the same labels on my machine works right.

Thanks
Curtis Haskell | Senior Design Technician/Drafting Supervisor
KSA Engineers, Inc. | www.ksaeng.com
Main: 903.236.7700 | Fax: 903.236.7779
chaskell@ksaeng.com

KSA Engineers, Inc. - Building Stronger Communities.
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The label style background color is set the same as everyone else's, by layer for text and border in layout and in dragged state leader and dragged state component are all set to by layer. I have logged into his machine with my log in and it still has the same issues. Same drawing with the same labels on my machine works right.

Thanks
Curtis Haskell | Senior Design Technician/Drafting Supervisor
KSA Engineers, Inc. | www.ksaeng.com
Main: 903.236.7700 | Fax: 903.236.7779
chaskell@ksaeng.com

KSA Engineers, Inc. - Building Stronger Communities.
Message 10 of 20
mconway
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I noticed that these labels are in leadered. Have we looked at the Background Mask setting in the Dragged State tab of the Label Style Composer? I literally just made this mistake 20 minutes ago when I updated a Label Style but it didn't show because the label was in Dragged State.  

At your service,
Mark A. Conway
Director - Applied Technology
Autodesk Certified Instructor
AutoCAD & Civil 3D 2014 Certified Professional
Infrastructure Design Suite BIM Specialist
Follow me on Twitter @CADventurer





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I noticed that these labels are in leadered. Have we looked at the Background Mask setting in the Dragged State tab of the Label Style Composer? I literally just made this mistake 20 minutes ago when I updated a Label Style but it didn't show because the label was in Dragged State.  

At your service,
Mark A. Conway
Director - Applied Technology
Autodesk Certified Instructor
AutoCAD & Civil 3D 2014 Certified Professional
Infrastructure Design Suite BIM Specialist
Follow me on Twitter @CADventurer





Message 11 of 20
chaskell12
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Yes dragged state color is set to by layer like everyone else's

Thanks
Curtis Haskell | Senior Design Technician/Drafting Supervisor
KSA Engineers, Inc. | www.ksaeng.com
Main: 903.236.7700 | Fax: 903.236.7779
chaskell@ksaeng.com

KSA Engineers, Inc. - Building Stronger Communities.
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Yes dragged state color is set to by layer like everyone else's

Thanks
Curtis Haskell | Senior Design Technician/Drafting Supervisor
KSA Engineers, Inc. | www.ksaeng.com
Main: 903.236.7700 | Fax: 903.236.7779
chaskell@ksaeng.com

KSA Engineers, Inc. - Building Stronger Communities.
Message 12 of 20
mconway
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After a little research I uncovered this gem. Is your users Page Setup Manager Set to Display plot styles?

 

http://beingcivil.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/08/label-background-mask-covers-my-label.html

At your service,
Mark A. Conway
Director - Applied Technology
Autodesk Certified Instructor
AutoCAD & Civil 3D 2014 Certified Professional
Infrastructure Design Suite BIM Specialist
Follow me on Twitter @CADventurer





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After a little research I uncovered this gem. Is your users Page Setup Manager Set to Display plot styles?

 

http://beingcivil.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/08/label-background-mask-covers-my-label.html

At your service,
Mark A. Conway
Director - Applied Technology
Autodesk Certified Instructor
AutoCAD & Civil 3D 2014 Certified Professional
Infrastructure Design Suite BIM Specialist
Follow me on Twitter @CADventurer





Message 13 of 20
chaskell12
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This will remove the red mask however it does remove the background mask all together which is not acceptable.

Thanks
Curtis Haskell | Senior Design Technician/Drafting Supervisor
KSA Engineers, Inc. | www.ksaeng.com
Main: 903.236.7700 | Fax: 903.236.7779
chaskell@ksaeng.com

KSA Engineers, Inc. - Building Stronger Communities.
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This will remove the red mask however it does remove the background mask all together which is not acceptable.

Thanks
Curtis Haskell | Senior Design Technician/Drafting Supervisor
KSA Engineers, Inc. | www.ksaeng.com
Main: 903.236.7700 | Fax: 903.236.7779
chaskell@ksaeng.com

KSA Engineers, Inc. - Building Stronger Communities.
Message 14 of 20
mconway
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It removes the mask from this Layout display. Does it remove the Mask from Modelspace? Does it display properly on other machines? Does it print correctly?

 

If it's just a bug on this particular machine, there may be a Graphics Card or Driver issue.

At your service,
Mark A. Conway
Director - Applied Technology
Autodesk Certified Instructor
AutoCAD & Civil 3D 2014 Certified Professional
Infrastructure Design Suite BIM Specialist
Follow me on Twitter @CADventurer





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It removes the mask from this Layout display. Does it remove the Mask from Modelspace? Does it display properly on other machines? Does it print correctly?

 

If it's just a bug on this particular machine, there may be a Graphics Card or Driver issue.

At your service,
Mark A. Conway
Director - Applied Technology
Autodesk Certified Instructor
AutoCAD & Civil 3D 2014 Certified Professional
Infrastructure Design Suite BIM Specialist
Follow me on Twitter @CADventurer





Message 15 of 20
chaskell12
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It does remove the mask both layout and model space. It does display properly on other machines and it does print properly. Biggest issue is when we place it in design review it just blacks everything within the wipeout out, turns it to black.

Thanks
Curtis Haskell | Senior Design Technician/Drafting Supervisor
KSA Engineers, Inc. | www.ksaeng.com
Main: 903.236.7700 | Fax: 903.236.7779
chaskell@ksaeng.com

KSA Engineers, Inc. - Building Stronger Communities.
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It does remove the mask both layout and model space. It does display properly on other machines and it does print properly. Biggest issue is when we place it in design review it just blacks everything within the wipeout out, turns it to black.

Thanks
Curtis Haskell | Senior Design Technician/Drafting Supervisor
KSA Engineers, Inc. | www.ksaeng.com
Main: 903.236.7700 | Fax: 903.236.7779
chaskell@ksaeng.com

KSA Engineers, Inc. - Building Stronger Communities.
Message 16 of 20
mconway
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Try updating the Video Card Driver and Turn on Hardware Acceleration
At your service,
Mark A. Conway
Director - Applied Technology
Autodesk Certified Instructor
AutoCAD & Civil 3D 2014 Certified Professional
Infrastructure Design Suite BIM Specialist
Follow me on Twitter @CADventurer





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Try updating the Video Card Driver and Turn on Hardware Acceleration
At your service,
Mark A. Conway
Director - Applied Technology
Autodesk Certified Instructor
AutoCAD & Civil 3D 2014 Certified Professional
Infrastructure Design Suite BIM Specialist
Follow me on Twitter @CADventurer





Message 17 of 20
chaskell12
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OK I will have to get the IT Department to update card and I will let you know when I can get them to do it.

Thanks
Curtis Haskell | Senior Design Technician/Drafting Supervisor
KSA Engineers, Inc. | www.ksaeng.com
Main: 903.236.7700 | Fax: 903.236.7779
chaskell@ksaeng.com

KSA Engineers, Inc. - Building Stronger Communities.
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OK I will have to get the IT Department to update card and I will let you know when I can get them to do it.

Thanks
Curtis Haskell | Senior Design Technician/Drafting Supervisor
KSA Engineers, Inc. | www.ksaeng.com
Main: 903.236.7700 | Fax: 903.236.7779
chaskell@ksaeng.com

KSA Engineers, Inc. - Building Stronger Communities.
Message 18 of 20
mconway
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I hope that helps. I'll keep an eye out for you.


At your service,
Mark A. Conway
Director - Applied Technology
Autodesk Certified Instructor
AutoCAD & Civil 3D 2014 Certified Professional
Infrastructure Design Suite BIM Specialist
Follow me on Twitter @CADventurer





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I hope that helps. I'll keep an eye out for you.


At your service,
Mark A. Conway
Director - Applied Technology
Autodesk Certified Instructor
AutoCAD & Civil 3D 2014 Certified Professional
Infrastructure Design Suite BIM Specialist
Follow me on Twitter @CADventurer





Message 19 of 20
chaskell12
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At last it has been resolved. Not sure the problem but C3D was uninstalled and then reinstalled and the problem is resolved. Thanks to all of the input I recieved from everyone.

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At last it has been resolved. Not sure the problem but C3D was uninstalled and then reinstalled and the problem is resolved. Thanks to all of the input I recieved from everyone.

Message 20 of 20
Anonymous
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turn off your hardware acceleration.. it should help you to see better in design review.

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turn off your hardware acceleration.. it should help you to see better in design review.

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