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Support for transparency in external PDFs

derekjackson
Expert

Hi, is there a way to enable transparency when placing PDF from external sources on a Layout?

 

It seems it's supported when placing a internal view, but PDF with transparent backgrounds always appear with solid white behind them?

 

Operating system used: Windows

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CosminF
Expert

Hi,

There isn't a setting to have the PDF transparent, however, as a work-around, you can right click and Explode into current view.
This splits the PDF into its component parts and (if the PDF isn't a jpg image re-saved as a PDF) you can even edit lines, fills and text. And you can delete the white fill that is usually the PDF backdrop.

It is quite cumbersome to edit an exploded PDF but it can be done.

Hope this helps.

Cosmin Furdui - architect @ Wincon
AC 27, running on Windows 11 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-14700K CPU64, 3.40GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX5060 32GB

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