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You can set transparency for individual objects just like color and linetype. Setting a transparency value
for an individual object overrides the layer transparency setting for that object. You can access object
transparency from a number of places: the Properties palette, Quick Properties, or the ribbon. The new
CETRANSPARENCY system variable sets the transparency property for new objects.
Figure 23. Transparency on the Properties palette and ribbon
Transparency has also been added to the Quick Select, Filter, SetByLayer Settings, and Match Property
Settings dialogs as well as the CHPROP, CHANGE, -LAYER, VPLAYER, and LIST commands.
A button has been added to the status bar to enable you to temporarily turn off transparency display
(TRANSPARENCYDISPLAY system variable), similar to the behavior of the lineweight display button. This
does not affect plotting. However, you also have the option to turn off transparency when plotting. The
Plot and Page Setup dialogs both include a checkbox for transparency (PLOTTRANSPARENCY), similar to
the behavior for plot styles. Transparent plotting is turned off by default, because transparency is
rasterized for plotting and can slow down plotting in certain situations.
Figure 24. Plot transparency