I do almost all my drafting in AC LT. Lately I’ve been working with people who draft in Rhino – some using it only as a 2D package! There are a few features that keep me with AC. Dynamic blocks, Wipeout, etc., but especially the White/Black layer color. I could probably do some workarounds, and live…

OK, so the thing knows to flip object colors if the background gets too light or too dark, correct? -Pascal

I guess. I don’t know at what shade this is determined. It has been a feature in AutoCAD for as long as I can remember. I’ve never not used it. I did bring this up here some years ago and I think there were several others who echoed my request.

@mary - do you know if this is on the pile? I do not see it yet. -Pascal

[image] pascal: @mary - do you know if this is on the pile? I do not see it yet. Hi Pascal, We have been talking about this since before we has a tracking system, lol! I did not find the exact request in our current YouTrack system, so I logged a new feature request: RH-65387 Black/White H…

Hello to everyone, AC colours, in any aspect, are controlled here: [image]

The sheet can visualize any colour, as set in the plot style table: [image]

Rhino Options - Appearance - Colors - Viewport colors - Background = Black Rhino Options - Appearance - Colors - Viewport colors - Layout = White Create a new layout and set the layout color for the geometry to Black. Then set the layout view to Print Preview.

it is not neccessary in rhino because rhino recognizes display and print color. so print color is black and display color can be set to white for instance. this is far better solutikn to have two colors assigned to one object….

I just bought a black only laserjet printer because the color inkjet (expletive deleted). I’ll try that, thanks.

Hi @CalypsoArt , @pascal , @mary , As a firm believer that Rhino 2D is a better drafting tool than AutoCAD, I’ve been trying to get more and more people to try it with mixed success. This White/Black topic comes very often, and I just googled it to see if someone else was mentioning it, that’s how I …

What is the chance of Rhino getting a White/Black (Model/Paper) layer color like AutoCad?

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RH-67037 is fixed in Rhino WIP

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What is the chance of Rhino getting a White/Black (Model/Paper) layer color like AutoCad?

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