StevenMc Posted May 21, 2009 Posted May 21, 2009 Guys, was wondering if anyone knows or if its possible to create an editable transparent text box? this would be doable if it was an autocad file but its not its a JPEG so its only inserted into the drawing. I tried a few things... I've tried doing a solid hatch behind the text and then screening the colour but that only makes the colour feint not transparent. Also tried the wipeout command no luck. I've changed the plotter properties to "merge lines". this makes the solid hatch transparent although it isnt adjustable. the lines that i need to see are too dark and now the text is not readable. i've attached what i need my end result to be like. ( architects setting the standard - dont think its been done on autocad i recieved this as a pdf and had to create jpeg to put it into the drawing.) cheers :wink: Steven. Quote
Zorg Posted May 21, 2009 Posted May 21, 2009 o.0 truly stumped! I've seen this before on imported drawings but never had to deal with them on an interactive level Quote
StevenMc Posted May 28, 2009 Author Posted May 28, 2009 ok thanks anyway, i still haven't found a solution though . Quote
RevAaron Posted June 2, 2009 Posted June 2, 2009 I'm confused as to what you're asking about. You have a JPEG from what I can tell. If you have a JPEG, it can't be editable within AutoCAD. Quote
Cad64 Posted June 2, 2009 Posted June 2, 2009 I don't know of any way to do this in Autocad, but it can easily be done in any image editing program like Photoshop, Illustrator, Gimp, etc. Quote
rkent Posted June 3, 2009 Posted June 3, 2009 Don't use solid hatch, use dots or ansi37, etc. Lines merge, screened color for the hatch. Quote
StevenMc Posted June 4, 2009 Author Posted June 4, 2009 I'm confused as to what you're asking about. You have a JPEG from what I can tell. If you have a JPEG, it can't be editable within AutoCAD. sorry if i wasnt clear on the question but what im trying to do is draw the text box over the jpeg image that i have brought into autocad... Quote
StevenMc Posted June 4, 2009 Author Posted June 4, 2009 Don't use solid hatch, use dots or ansi37, etc. Lines merge, screened color for the hatch. rkent, i tried using dots and ansi37 but its not as good a result. for large areas of the drawing that need to be blue to show the water flow i used dots and its ok but for smaller areas like the text box its not soo good in my case. also lines merge makes the hatch completely transparent even with screened colour and thats not the desired effect. yes i could use another program but it wasnt needed that bad to go to that extent. thanks for the advice anyway guys, can tell yous know what you're talking about very helpful! Quote
Cad64 Posted June 13, 2009 Posted June 13, 2009 The possible alternatives have been posted. There is no way to do transparent hatches in Autocad. Quote
StevenMc Posted June 15, 2009 Author Posted June 15, 2009 No possible way in Autocad to do this. Thanks for the help everyone s. Quote
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