Cad White backgound

I made my background a soft green, like the old drafting table covers of old.

Makes an old timer me feel at home.

If somebody will tell me where to look, I will tell you the numbers.

N

I have always preferred a white background for CADD.

It is the color scheme for word, email and near every other document creator.

Using a white background is natural and gives a visual of how a print will actually look.

B-)

If you use color dependent plot style tables (different colors = different object weights), you can easily work in a black and white environment.

Right click on your layout tab and select "page set up manager", then select "modify".

There will be a box under your plot style drop down that says "display plot style", Check this box, then save your changes.

Now the viewport will represent what your plot will look like.

Select your viewport and modify the properties so the viewport is locked. This will keep you from changing the scale or position.

Now in paper space, zoom in until all you see is what is inside the viewport (no title block). Double click inside the viewport and start working. You will never know you are working in a viewport other than everything will be black and white.

You may want to check to toggle the "display line weight" setting.

This is my preferred method of drafting. It is much easier to get the line weights correct.

Sorry if this was confusing.. heading to lunch. Feel free to follow up with questions.

I feel like the brightness of the white is too hard on the eyes. I'm sticking with black for now.

> I feel like the brightness of the white is too hard on the eyes. I'm sticking with black for now.

Me too. A sure recipe for tired eyes and a headache. Some guys like green. Ugh I hated when they took out the blue background option for word.

Blackle

White apparently uses more electricity...

> If you use color dependent plot style tables (different colors = different object weights), you can easily work in a black and white environment.
>
> Right click on your layout tab and select "page set up manager", then select "modify".
>
> There will be a box under your plot style drop down that says "display plot style", Check this box, then save your changes.
>
> Now the viewport will represent what your plot will look like.
>
> Select your viewport and modify the properties so the viewport is locked. This will keep you from changing the scale or position.
>
> Now in paper space, zoom in until all you see is what is inside the viewport (no title block). Double click inside the viewport and start working. You will never know you are working in a viewport other than everything will be black and white.
>
> You may want to check to toggle the "display line weight" setting.
>
> This is my preferred method of drafting. It is much easier to get the line weights correct.
>
>
> Sorry if this was confusing.. heading to lunch. Feel free to follow up with questions.

I understand will give it a go..thanks

Black and white have proven too harsh for my eyes. Also with those colors, you get a lot of glare from background lighting from windows, other light sources and your white shirts.

So a few years ago, I started using color 253 as my background. Experimented with a couple other gray scales, but like this one. Yes, it takes some getting used to and I had to adjust the color scheme for my linework some since the gray scale background made some colors appear very pale.

Just my $0.02 adjusted hourly for inflation.

Doug

I've also been using a gray background for many years. Tried white, but it washes out some of the colors (e.g. yellow). I don't recall which gray I use, but it's one of the standard ones.

I agree on all points. The only problem is when you open drawings from dark screen users that makes heavy use of yellows, cyans, etc.