I imported and image and it comes in as all black, even though in the material editor it is depicted correctly. Is there a setting that is incorrect?

Thank you. Ben

TIG, thank you so much.

@gaieus said:

No, the skp example was just an analogy. I mean to open the image in an image editor and start a new image in the editor, too. Then select the old image and paste it into the new one and try that new.

Gaieus, thanks for the suggestion. We "solved" it by starting a brand new drawing and inserting the images there. It plotted with transparency. What we didn't solve is why the problem with the first drawing? Corrupted perhaps? A mystery.

We also noticed in our first drawing that any text placed in paperspace, on top of the viewport, vanished in the plot preview and the plot. So we had 2 issues going on at the same time. It also wasn't a matter of plotting from paperspace. The subject image did also not plot transparent from model space.

Anyway we got the results wanted but still wish we could determine what was going on.

Thanks everyone.

@krisidious said:

you might try using a PNG instead of a JPG.

yes we tried that, no difference. Thank you.

@gaieus said:

@krisidious said:

you might try using a PNG instead of a JPG.

@ben ritter said:

BTW, we tried converting the jpg to a png and overlaying the base image. Same thing occurs.

@Ben: how about simply creating a new image, copying the old one as a layer on top and saving the new image as a completely different thing. I know this is still trying to stab in the dark but I thought if it works with some mysteriously screwed skp models (copying content into a new file), it may also work for an image file.

The image file came from scanning a document, then inserting it into autocad, not from a skp file. It's absolutely strange because we've done this before without a problem.

Thanks guys. Ben

I inserted a new image as RGB and one as CMYK. Both display transparency. The transparency box is checked in the plot window.

Something about this one image that displays transparency, but doesn't plot that way.

Maybe just one of those inexplicable quirks of autocad?

There is road noise and there were some shadow flickers.

Thanks for your response both of you. I'll check to see if one is RGB.

Ben

A colleague of mine has a unique problem manifesting itself in Autocad 11. He has one image (an aerial jpg), on top of which he's placing a second image (jpg). Both are in model space. He then adjusts the second image to have some transparency, which shows up correctly on the screen, but when plotting, the image on top is completely opaque.

He is able to do what I describe above with other jpg images, but it's just this one particular jpg that always plots opaque.

Can jpg's have different properties to cause this? BTW, we tried converting the jpg to a png and overlaying the base image. Same thing occurs.

Any suggestions?

Richard, thank you for sharing.

Sam, thank you. Good stuff!

I'm working with SU Podium v2 and for some reason, the renders are generated but I can't seem to find them. Doesn't matter if I save it in a custom location or with the "Model" button selected. I've searched my hard drives, but nothing shows up.

sdmitch, Thank you!

Thomthom,thank you again. You're short of time because of all the plugins you're working on . They're much appreciated.

I've recently tried this ruby script and it doesn't create any contour lines. Does the surface have to be a group or individual faces? I've tried both, without any success.

Ben

TIG, thank you again.

TIG, thank you again!

Sweet! Thank you so much, again.

The new Mars or moon rover perhaps? You just need some heat shields and rocket boosters and it could be an all-in-one vehicle to get you there and back too.

And where would one drive such a thing?

Thank you for sharing.