Transparency of bounding boxes/styles

nickchun

Hi all,
I can't understand why sometimes the background within the bounding box of a view inserted onto a layout page is transparent and other times filled. This means that if the views overlap in the latter, the background can obscure an adjacent inserted view. The styles appear to be the same from one file to another but there must be some reason for it. I prefer the transparency as in the attached screen shot but can't seem to control it.
Any ideas?

JQL

When ypu select a viewport, on Sketchup Model panel, there's a tab called styles.

You can toggle on/off background transparency.

However, in your sketchup style, you cannot have ground turned on, nor have a background image. These always show on layout even if the background is transparent

nickchun

Thanks, but I've just had a Doh! moment. Just found the 'Background' check box under 'Styles' in Layout. Was concentrating too hard on the styles in Sketchup.

Thanks

Dave R

@nickchun said:

Thanks, but I've just had a Doh! moment. Just found the 'Background' check box under 'Styles' in Layout. Was concentrating too hard on the styles in Sketchup.

Thanks

The devil is in the details, ain't he?

I never want the background in my viewports so I've set up my templates with it turned off so I don't have to remember to do that each time I start a new LO project.

nickchun

Thanks Dave that's a good point. I need to update my templates anyway with the onset of the new EU data protection laws coming in.