topic Re: Export Floor Plan with Transparent Background in Modeling

Export Floor Plan with Transparent Background

Anonymous — Mon, 20 May 2019 21:12:22 GMT

Is there any way to get a transparent background?

I've tried looking at PDF export, PNG, TIFF, etc

Can I get a transparent background?

I want to put a floorplan onto an image of a plot I've found.

Re: Export Floor Plan with Transparent Background

Lingwisyer — Tue, 21 May 2019 01:17:42 GMT

What are you using to insert the image? I have been printing to a PDF plotter and they always contain transparency. Not sure if it is transparent when exporting to PDF, as I rarely do that as I found it slower with no noticeable difference...

Ling.

Re: Export Floor Plan with Transparent Background

Anonymous — Tue, 21 May 2019 08:44:47 GMT

You mean using the File->Print dialog box?

Re: Export Floor Plan with Transparent Background

Lingwisyer — Tue, 21 May 2019 09:28:40 GMT

Indeed. I have mostly been using CutePDF.

Ling.

Re: Export Floor Plan with Transparent Background

Anonymous — Tue, 21 May 2019 09:36:08 GMT

You mean to open the PDF in Cute PDF to export the transparent image to PNG?

Re: Export Floor Plan with Transparent Background

Lingwisyer — Wed, 22 May 2019 01:33:49 GMT

I set the printer to CutePDF and it creates a PDF containing transparency.
I just tried Saving-As and the resulting PDF contains transparency...

What program are you using to combine the two? Internal?
Are your background fills transparent?

Ling.

Re: Export Floor Plan with Transparent Background

Anonymous — Thu, 30 May 2019 08:36:08 GMT

How do you know that this PDF contains transparency?
I've printed to layers and I can turn on and off the layers, but the background is still white.

Re: Export Floor Plan with Transparent Background

Lingwisyer — Fri, 31 May 2019 01:44:08 GMT

I drop it into Photoshop or Indesign and the background is transparent.

Ling.