Guest Blars Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Is it possible to have a PDF insert to match my background? I am drawing with a black background and want a white background PDF or TIFF to be inserted with a black background and lines to be white or colored by the class that they are inserted on. Please tell me this is possible. Thanks. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted March 24, 2017 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 24, 2017 Yep, as of 2017 you can directly work with and control Alpha channels in images. I think it was possible in some cases in 2016 and prior but it wasn't officially supported. When you import the image, pmake sure to select PNG and have Import Alpha Channel checked: Then the image will have a fill of None and function like the example on the left, or you can set the fill to solid and give it a color like the example on the right Fairly confident it will work with PDFs that have an alpha channel as well, but worse case you can convert the PDF to an image and then import. Quote Link to comment
Guest Blars Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Thank you. I'm not on 2017 yet but have it installed. We're trying to adapt our standards to the new 2017 features before rolling it out officially. How would this be done in 2016? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted March 30, 2017 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 30, 2017 If you import the image and set it's fill to none, it MIGHT then show a transparent alpha channel, but I believe its related to the type of image, and not just PNG or TIFF but the color depth used to save it. It was not reliable or officially a feature if I recall correctly. Quote Link to comment
Guest Blars Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 OK. thank you. I'll give it a try. On another note, is it possible to make the image "field" unable to be selected? So i can click within the image and not have VW think i want to select the image? I already have it "locked" but that doesnt seem to work when trying to work over the image. Essentially, I want the image to function as if it isnt there and only have the image Border be selectable to change properties/lock/unlock if i need to. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted March 30, 2017 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 30, 2017 Youd most likely have to place it on it's own layer, and then set Layer Options to Show/Snap Others and then activate a layer with objects so that the image isnt selectable. I'm not sure of a way to do it without layer or class options. Quote Link to comment
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