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   I run 2011 lt and when I open some imported dwg and xref it appears feint and milky. Slightly better in paper space. How do I get it back to proper colour? I have tried changing colour in layer manager but it still stays milky.
I run a white background in both model and paper. Black background only slightly better
Any ideas?

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allanmmcgovern Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 28.Jan.2011 Location: United Kingdom Using: autocad 2011 LT Status: Offline Points: 2	Topic: milky background in model and paper Posted: 28.Jan.2011 at 11:39
	I run 2011 lt and when I open some imported dwg and xref it appears feint and milky. Slightly better in paper space. How do I get it back to proper colour? I have tried changing colour in layer manager but it still stays milky. I run a white background in both model and paper. Black background only slightly better Any ideas?

HAWDesigner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 04.Aug.2008 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD R14, AutoCAD 2009, AutoCAD 2010 Status: Offline Points: 310	Posted: 28.Jan.2011 at 14:05
	Check to see if those layers are locked.
	-- R. Williams AutoCAD 2010 Certified Professional *<!-- If all else fails hit F1 -->* <<AutoCAD 2009

allanmmcgovern Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 28.Jan.2011 Location: United Kingdom Using: autocad 2011 LT Status: Offline Points: 2	Posted: 28.Jan.2011 at 14:15
	layers not locked but interestingly a young gamer replied on another forum and solved the problem just now by going into options,... display tab... and there was...' fade control'.. box on the bottom right. Slide to the left and hey presto....solved. I searched the help site and numerous other sourses but none referred to this setting. Thanks for looking at the prob anyway. ALLAN

HAWDesigner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 04.Aug.2008 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD R14, AutoCAD 2009, AutoCAD 2010 Status: Offline Points: 310	Posted: 28.Jan.2011 at 15:02
	Glad you got it fixed. The reason you probably couldn't find it is because it's a feature new to 2010 and newer. There is plenty of documentation of the feature, it's just hard to find if you don't know what to look for. Anyways... Good Luck!! Here's a good link for anyone else who comes across this: http://themadcadder.blogs.com/my_weblog/2009/05/xref-fade-control.html And here are a few new system variables for those of you who prefer the command line: http://www.cad-addict.com/2010/01/autocad-2010-new-system-variable-to.html
	-- R. Williams AutoCAD 2010 Certified Professional *<!-- If all else fails hit F1 -->* <<AutoCAD 2009

Vladimir Michl Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Arkance Systems CZ Joined: 26.Jul.2007 Location: Czech Republic Using: Autodesk software Status: Offline Points: 2122	Posted: 28.Jan.2011 at 15:23
	See the `XDWGFADECTL` variable and the related tip 6970.
	Vladimir Michl (moderator) ARKANCE - https://arkance.world - Autodesk Platinum Partner

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