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andPageSetupdialogsbothincludeacheckboxfortransparency(PLOTTRA NSPARENCY),similartothe
behaviorforplotstyles.Whenthisoptionisenabled,AutoCADrasterizestheentiredrawingforplotting,
slowingdowntheplottingprocess.
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Figure40.Plottransparency
PriortoAutoCAD2011,imageshadasetting,alsocalled“transparency,”thatcontrolledwhetherthe
backgroundofabitonalimagewasclearoropaque.Thispropertyhasbeenrenamedto“background
transparency”todistinguishitfromthenew“transparency”property.Youcanapplybothbackground
andobjecttransparenciestoimagesin
AutoCAD2011.
Hatches and Gradients
TheHatchtoolisstreamlinedinAutoCAD2011forfastercreationandeditingofhatchobjects.Itnow
immediatelypromptsyoutoselectaninternalpointwithoutdisplayingtheHatchdialogbox.Instead,
thenewHatchCreationcontextualtabprovideseasyaccesstoallhatchandgradientoptions.
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Figure41.HatchCreationtab
AHatchEditorcontextualribbondisplayssimilarhatchtoolswhenyouselectanexistinghatch.
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Figure42.HatchEditingribbontab
TheHatchPreviewfunctionforthe“pickpoints”methodhasbeenimproved.Now,passingyourcursor
overaneligibleareashowsyouwhatthehatchwouldlooklikeifyouclickedthere.