Setting the Design Layer Transfer Mode

This feature is only available on Windows systems. When the GDI+ imaging preference is disabled, design layers have a setting that controls the display of layer objects that overlap visible objects in another layer. (See Vectorworks Preferences: Display Tab for information about setting this preference.)

Mode	Description
Paint	Makes objects in the new layer solid, obscuring objects in layers stacked below it (this is the default setting)
Overlay	Makes it so objects in the new layer do not obscure stacked layers
Invert	Makes a reversed, or photo-negative, image display when an object in the new layer overlaps an object in another layer
Erase	Makes objects in the new layer display all foreground patterns as white and all background patterns as transparent
Not Paint	Makes objects in the new layer solid and inverts any areas that overlap objects in stacked layers
Not Overlay	Makes objects in the new layer transparent and inverts layer colors
Not Invert	Makes objects in the new layer transparent and converts any black pixels from overlapping areas to white and white pixels to transparent
Not Erase	Makes objects in the new layer transparent and converts any white pixels from overlapping areas to black and black pixels to transparent

Most printer devices do not support all of these modes, especially PostScript printers and vector devices such as pen plotters. The Rasterize print output option may produce the best results for certain transfer modes. The use of color in transfer modes may produce color blending.