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We are using yellow color for some AutoCAD layers. Other users viewing these DWG files in DWG TrueView have problems reading these layers as the default background color is white. How to switch the background color (to black or gray)?

Click on the application menu in Autodesk DWG TrueView (top left "D") and choose Options > Display > Colors - pick a color from the list on the right to set the background for 2D and 3D views:

DWG background

DWG2012DWG2011
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22.8.2011    36302×  
applies to: DWG2012 · DWG2011 ·

See also:
Tip 14527:Search/Replace texts in Inventor drawings - iLogic.
Tip 14477:PurgeAll - automation of DWG file cleaning
Tip 14236:How to add color background (underlay mask) to Inventor dimension texts?
Tip 13802:Dual-color hatches in AutoCAD.
Tip 13716:HYPERLIST - list of all used URLs.


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