dwg2bmp: transparent background

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dwg2bmp: transparent background

Post by andrew » Thu Jan 10, 2019 10:24 pm

From a QCAD user:
How to I make the bitmap background transparent when creating a bitmap using dwg2bmp?

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Re: dwg2bmp: transparent background

Post by andrew » Thu Jan 10, 2019 10:25 pm

You can set the background using the -b switch:

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dwg2bmp -b transparent -f -o out.png in.dxf
Note that not all bitmap formats support transparency. If you need a transparent background, PNG is the recommended output format.

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