topic Re: Transparency in elevations in Project data & BIM

Transparency in elevations

Arcadia — Tue, 30 May 2023 10:48:55 GMT

I know how to turn transparency on and off in elevations but can I turn transparency on for a framed glass balustrade and off for the windows? I don't want to be able to see inside the house but I want to be able to see the windows etc beyond the balustrade. I can't use the layer specific wireframe display option because then the balustrade framing doesn't show correctly. Cheers.

Re: Transparency in elevations

Ingolf — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:50:53 GMT

Hello Arcadia!

One way to solve your problem as I have understood it, is to avoid the Transparancy in Shading option and focus on the materials in your windows. As you can see under, I have made a ballustrade (or a glass raling) on the veranda/terrace on Grethes House. The ballustrade is made by the Wall tool with Glass as material.

Then I go to the Window tool and click Ctrl+A (for Mac probably Apple + A...) to select all windows. Then press Ctrl+T (Mac: Click on the Window icon... I think) to see the dialouge box. Change the material of the window from glass to something not transparent.

(Sorry for some of the language to be in Norwegian...):oops:

Then you will see through the ballustrade, but not the windows.

Good luck, Arcadia!

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Re: Transparency in elevations

Arcadia — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:54:36 GMT

Thats a good idea - I will just have to remember to change the window glazing back to glass before I run the VBE export. Thanks.

Re: Transparency in elevations

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:56:00 GMT

I think another solution mentioned earlier on the Talk was to place those elements you want to see transparent in Elevation on a Layer set to Wire-frame mode.