Opaque viewports

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Hi again,
I am using Autocad 2000 on a WinXP machine, and would like to know if you can make viewports opaque. The example is a full page viewport with topographic information - contours, features etc - and a series of text boxes in paperspace identifying points of interest. I would like the text box to effectively clip out the underlying topo info, but not in modelspace, as this info appears in several other paperspaces. I
I vaguely remember something in R14 about setting which vport was on top etc, but cannot seem to find the equivalent in 2000.
Any assistance greatly appreciated.
cheers,
GAllen

 

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Hi GAllen,

why do You want to write the text in the paperspace? Write the words on an own layer in mspace and toggle the layer in the viewports on/off. Draw a solid to mask the text and hide the other objects (or use “text mask” from Express Tools V1-9)

I think, there is no way for opaque viewports, only clipping (“vpclip”).
I hope for better ideas…, Lothar


Win NT4.0 (SP6),
ACAD 2000i (SP2), ADT 3.0 (SP3),
ACAD 2002, ADT 3.3,
OCÈ 5200

 

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Hi,
it’s me again...I try to solve the problem.
You can write in the PS and use solids (with “draworder&quot or text-mask. But You will get a misrepresentation on the screen. BUT (that was new for me too) in the plot-preview everything will be perfect.

Lothar


Win NT4.0 (SP6),
ACAD 2000i (SP2), ADT 3.0 (SP3),
ACAD 2002, ADT 3.3,
OCÈ 5200