how to plot PDF with black Background from Autocad drawings??? TIA

[zoete]

how to plot PDF with black Background from Autocad drawings???

[Dude0000007]

wouldn't that use a lot of ink?
use the PrtScn button and then paste into pdf? or paste first into a paint
program, save as jpeg and then insert into pdf.
garth.

Post by zoete
how to plot PDF with black Background from Autocad drawings???

[zoete]

this print Screen function gives a very low resolution image.. is there a
way to plot to PDF directly from Autocad with the Black Background.. I dont
intend to print it with the black background.. its simply for on-screen
display for another perosn that doesnt have AutoCad on thier computer.. but
does have Adobe Acrobat.

Post by Dude0000007
wouldn't that use a lot of ink?
use the PrtScn button and then paste into pdf? or paste first into a
paint program, save as jpeg and then insert into pdf.
garth.

Post by zoete
how to plot PDF with black Background from Autocad drawings???

[Robert]

Export to dwf with the viewer installed end user will be able to view the
file sent and to zoom and or pan as pleased.

R

Post by zoete
this print Screen function gives a very low resolution image.. is there a
way to plot to PDF directly from Autocad with the Black Background.. I dont
intend to print it with the black background.. its simply for on-screen
display for another perosn that doesnt have AutoCad on thier computer.. but
does have Adobe Acrobat.

Post by Dude0000007
wouldn't that use a lot of ink?
use the PrtScn button and then paste into pdf? or paste first into a
paint program, save as jpeg and then insert into pdf.
garth.

Post by zoete
how to plot PDF with black Background from Autocad drawings???

[gruhn]

Make an image of black in your favourite image program. Insert that (do not
paste OLE object. ewwww.). Scale it to be the size you need. Use cut/paste
(not erase) to delete and put back everything in the drawing - this ensures
that it is "in front" of the image. (I have had zero luck with move to
front/back being reliable.) Plot.

While I haven't tested it with all black, I do it with colored elevations
all the time.

[zoete]

i guess there isnt a way to plot it directly into Adobe PDF. with the black
background..

Post by zoete
how to plot PDF with black Background from Autocad drawings???

[Peter Ruehle]

Probably not. pdf documents default white, can't be changed. I think even
if you did find an option to do it in acad, it would still be white in
Adobe.

Post by zoete
i guess there isnt a way to plot it directly into Adobe PDF. with the black
background..

Post by zoete
how to plot PDF with black Background from Autocad drawings???

[Steven M (remove wax and invalid to reply)]

This doesn't help the OP, but when I first installed Adobe Acrobat and
used it with AutoCAD LT 2000 a few years ago, my PDF files were white
lines on black backgrounds. I don't remember how I fixed it, but it
was driving me nuts. Then when I had to reinstall Windows 2 years ago
it happened again.

My point is, some software does change the default white background in
a PDF file.

Steven


Je Thu, 24 Nov 2005 14:36:27 GMT, "Peter Ruehle"

Post by Peter Ruehle
Probably not. pdf documents default white, can't be changed. I think even
if you did find an option to do it in acad, it would still be white in
Adobe.

Post by zoete
i guess there isnt a way to plot it directly into Adobe PDF. with the black
background..

Post by zoete
how to plot PDF with black Background from Autocad drawings???

["Rob" <rklob@@]

I do this sometimes with presentation drawings. I have the ability to
utilize photoshop. I plot to a PDF, bring it into PS make thru the color
display area, I change the hue of my objects to white, make a new layer for
the background that is black bring my lines layer on top and presto I have a
white drawing on black or blue or red or ????? I can then save it to a PDF
or JPG or EPS or several other graphics files. This whole process takes me
about 5 min. on a slow day.

The only other way I can think of doing it would be to solid hatch a sheet,
bring your objects on top and map the pen to a white color/pen. Do this in
Model Space - it can sometimes get "wierd" in Paperspace. I have also done
this on a smaller scale with logos on titleblocks.

Good Luck...
-Rob

Post by zoete
how to plot PDF with black Background from Autocad drawings???