Support for transparency in external PDFs

[derekjackson]

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

[CosminF]

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.

[parvink]

Archicad (by Graphisoft) does not support transparency in external PDFs placed on Layouts—the transparent areas are rendered as solid white. As a workaround, you might try converting PDFs to PNGs with transparency retained and then place those images instead.