Text box with background mask showing up as white block in plot preview

Text box with background mask showing up as white block in plot preview

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Text box with background mask showing up as white block in plot preview

Anonymous
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Hello,

 

When I preview a plot in Civil3D 2018, any text that has a background mask is showing up as a solid white box in the plot preview.  When I change the FILLMODE from 1 to 0, the text shows up on plot preview, but the background mask no longer works.  I have attached a file with an example.  

 

Any text without a background mask shows up fine in the plot preview. 

 

Any ideas on what may be causing this??

 

Thanks,

Derek

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Alfred.NESWADBA
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Hi,

 

>> When I preview a plot 

And if you plot to PDF instead just doing a preview, same issue?

 

Can you please start command _ABOUT and show us a screenshot from that dialog?

 

- alfred -

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Anonymous
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Alfred, 

 

See attached for a screenshot of the _About command.  

 

Thanks,

Derek

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Alfred.NESWADBA
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Hi,

 

please install all updates, neither AutoCAD nor Map3D nor Civil3D is updated.

The _ABOUT dialog should show that release (currently).

 

20190222_222619.png

 

- alfred -

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ISH-Solutions GmbH / Ingenieur Studio HOLLAUS
www.ish-solutions.at ... blog.ish-solutions.at ... LinkedIn ... CDay 2026
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