With the release of AutoCAD Autodesk implemented per object and per layer transparency settings.

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While this does allow one more options in designing drawings it comes at a price. That price is that Windows System Printers do not work with transparency this way and hence output is rasterized by AutoCAD when you enable the "Plot Transparency" option in the print dialog.

Output to postscript and hpgl plotters also gets rasterized and many customers have complained about greatly increased plot time going out to their large format plotters also. Only AutoCAD's own internal DWF and PDF output prevents being rasterized in this case as will our forex converter nz release of AcroPlot Pro.

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Because of this if you are using the "Use Transparency" option in AutoCAD and newer we strongly autocad export plot settings you TO NOT PRINT DIRECTLY to our PDF-XChange for AcroPlot Pro windows driver. Our AcroPlot Pro will automatically determine if you are using the "Plot Transparency" option and if so we will do an alternative output to PDF in this case.

While it takes a bit longer it will give you the high quality and smaller file size you have come to expect from us. Below is a screen capture of where you can find the Use Transparency setting in the AutoCAD Plot Dialog.

There is also a new AutoCAD System Variable in AutoCAD and newer which overrides your settings in the layout. If you don't believe us here is a blog directly from Autodesk that also says it can slow down plotting. AutoCAD's Plot Transparency Settings Produces Large File Sizes.

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