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    Posted: 17.Jan.2012 at 16:16
I installed 2011 yesterday, and now all the colors we use for piping and steel seem very faded. All the primary colors like yellow, red, green, etc... are fine, but everything else looks really washed out on my screen. Any suggestions?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17.Jan.2012 at 17:06

after a little research, it appears to be that the xref's are what looks faded. Is there a xref transparency setting or something that would show them the same brightness as the rest model?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17.Jan.2012 at 17:27
Two or three different solutions discussed here.

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/AutoCAD-2011/Xref-are-faded-and-Fade-Control-dosn-t-work/td-p/2686558
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17.Jan.2012 at 18:33
Thanks for the link. changing the: xdwgfadectl system variablethat fixed it.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18.Jan.2012 at 03:01
You'll find an XRef fading slider also on the ribbon Insert>Reference pull-down.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18.Jan.2012 at 13:13
I changed xdwgfadectl  but still not working. Pipes r quite faded.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18.Jan.2012 at 20:16
Originally posted by jackyyy jackyyy wrote:

I changed xdwgfadectl  but still not working. Pipes r quite faded.
 
Are those objects on an XREF layer?
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18.Jan.2012 at 20:25
What works for one doesn't always work for the other.  That's why I said (jackyyy) that the link I supplied contained more than one possible solution. Did you read it?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18.Jan.2012 at 20:34
I loved the one guy in that post (the one who references all the previous "knuckleheads") who hasn't discovered himself yet that changing the value of XDWGFADECTL also changes the value in Options>Display>Fade control... and the XREF Fader slider on the Insert>Reference pull down.  Clap
 
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