eDrawings - want DXF to be Black on White

[VELCROW]

When I view a DXF (produced by SolidWorks) in eDrawings, it has a black "paper" color and white lines. Is there any way to switch that to white paper and black lines, the way it is printed?

Thanks

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

You should be able to change that in the eDrawings Tools > Options > General section.

 

[VELCROW]

That lets me change the paper color to white, or the background (in the window, but behind the paper) color. But I can't change the line color at all - it stays white.

 

[VELCROW]

Also, is there any way to open more than one file at once? I often want to print out a dozen DXF files, but it looks like I have to open them one at a time. Is that right?

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Can you use DraftSight instead? The Model Space shows white on black, but the Paper Space is black on white.

 

[VELCROW]

I will take a look at DraftSight. I'm just surprised that eDrawings is incapable of WYSIWYG for a print, and that you can't open multiple drawings in one operation.

 

[AnnaWood]

Lots and lots and lots of AutoCAD users are used to looking at black backgrounds with white lines in Model Space. I suspect that is why eDrawings is the way it is.

Draftsight is the way to go for working with dxf/dwg. It is free.

http://www.draftsight.com

Cheers,


Anna Wood
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[ctopher]

Create layers on the drawing and add the sketch to that layer with black.

Chris
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