Alfredroger89 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Ok guys, I'm new to using AutoCAD but learn very quickly. My boss wants me to export our cad file to pdf, but he wants it to have the black background and the colored layers. I have found how to export the color on the layers but not the black background. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuccaro Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I might be wrong, but I don't think it's possible. It is like printing but keeping the black background (and killing the printer). Sure, you can save a screen capture as an image and convert that to Pdf, but you will loose all the advantages of the CAD file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) You can't plot the background color but you can make a filled hatch the color Black and use Draw Order to place it behind everything. Edited December 13, 2011 by tzframpton Black, not Block, ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANIEL Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 You can't plot the background color but you can make a filled hatch the color Block and use Draw Order to place it behind everything. I like the way you think ..... personally Alfred, I think your boss crazy, I'd be trying to talk some sense into him as I don't know of any sound reasoning to want it plotted on a black back ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Also note that the bg color is simply to the drafter's discretion of preference and nothing more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankman Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Does the boss have stock in toner manufacturers? As noted above, "bg color is simply to the drafter's discretion or preference." Print a black background........forget it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevsmith Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Does the boss have stock in toner manufacturers? As noted above, "bg color is simply to the drafter's discretion or preference." Print a black background........forget it. You don't need toner..... It's a PDF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuccaro Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Just sometimes when plot to Pdf file it doesn't respect the specified draworder. It depends on the pdf writer, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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