3Dview Background Color set as custom image

There’s a backdoor trick I learned, but I forgot it, and I’m wondering if anyone knows how to do this:

Instead of toggling between white/black background colors you can set an image to be the background of your 3Dview by placing an image file in one of the program file folders. I used to have a blank white image so my 3D view could be white and my plan view could be black without having to toggle the colors.

Anyone remember?

You can change the background of the 2D or 3D view by adding a jpeg titled either ‘background2d’ or ‘background3d’ to the folder C:\Program Files\Trimble\Trimble Business Center

I like the background color that Civil 3D uses, RGB value: 33, 40, 48. You can make a jpeg in Paint; however, the issue is you can’t toggle between light and dark backgrounds. I wish TBC would add the ability to change the backgrounds more easily.

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