Hardney Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Does anyone know if there is a way to make the Xref in the working drawing faded even when not refediting? Thank You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkmcswain Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 There is nothing built in to do this automatically, but you could sort of fake it by creating a layer state where all xref layers are set to color 251 (or the color of your choice). Of course this has no effect on xref entities whose color is not bylayer. I have a lisp routine that uses a similar technique to do a "layer isolate" on an xref layer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITDRAUGHTY Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Hi there do you still have the layer isolate lisp routine?It would come in handy for me if you could post it up on this site does it come with the uniso command also ? thank you BD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZenCad1960 Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 I used to have a lisp I created that will change the xrefs to any color you designate. The only thing it wouldn't change are blocks within the xrefes that were not bylayer colors. It was actually fast. We use in sometimes to set the xref layer states to show shaded for phasing of a project. Just my 2 cents........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 We use in sometimes to set the xref layer states to show shaded for phasing of a project. I use Layer States to control "fade" of an XREF as well. We use color 9 for walls, column lines, etc. then the ceiling grid, stairs, equipment, doors, windows, etc. all get a color 190. but to make it look "faded" we use 251 instead of 9, and 196 instead of 190. This is the best way unless you have version 2008, which actually has a faded property for XREF's. :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chulse Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 In '08 you can set locked layers to be faded (% transparent) in the model. I sometimes lock (and fade) my xref layer to easily see what is xrefed. I don't remember if earlier versions have this option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wozza Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Not sure if this is worth bumping, but we've been doing a search in the office to find out why our refs fade when we lock them (using 2008). The command for controllling this is: LAYLOCKFADECTL and the higher you set it (up to 100), the darker the xref becomes if it's locked. Had me scratching my head for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nocturne00 Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Do you need to control the fading only during editing in CAD or even the printout? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekrophobe Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Do you need to control the fading only during editing in CAD or even the printout? Well, I just followed the above steps and stopped reading once my xref had faded. How do you get it to print faded? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brian_MMC Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Is there a way to make the “Xref fading” affect a plot? We want to keep the xref’s colors and ling weights just have it fade it while in model space and on a plot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkent Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Is there a way to make the “Xref fading” affect a plot? We want to keep the xref’s colors and ling weights just have it fade it while in model space and on a plot. Use STB files to plot instead of CTB, with STB this is easy, set the xref layers to the named plot style for screening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rctimmy Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Use STB files to plot instead of CTB, with STB this is easy, set the xref layers to the named plot style for screening. Can you do something similar for a PDF Xref? I want my PDF background to be faded out with my bold lines over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nardino Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 If you are using acad2011, you can change the transparency of the layers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rctimmy Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 If you are using acad2011, you can change the transparency of the layers But my PDF file does not have layers. Do you mean the layer that I insert the XREF'd PDF file on? I thought I tried that but I'll try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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