topic Re: making glass transparent in Visualization

making glass transparent

Anonymous — Thu, 11 May 2023 11:56:56 GMT

How do I set the glass to be transparent in the 3d shading.
I'm using a standard AC 10 library part - the 4 panel sliding glass door.
I notice in my old smart parts real windows and doors there is a setting under parameters - 3d features that turns solid glass off. I can not find a like setting in the AC10 door.

I'm running ac10 on a powermac 2 x 2.66 dual core intel

Thanks

Re: making glass transparent

Karl Ottenstein — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:13:06 GMT

jparchitect wrote:
How do I set the glass to be transparent in the 3d shading.

I don't know what you mean by 3D 'shading'. The mechanism differs depending on where you are not seeing transparency.

Do you mean the OpenGL 3D window?

Rendering?

Section/elevation?

Karl

Re: making glass transparent

Anonymous — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:19:00 GMT

Using perspective setting I have created a perspective - then under View -
3D view mode - I have selected Shading

Internal 3d engine is checked

Thanks so much !

Re: making glass transparent

Anonymous — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:59:07 GMT

Edit->3D window settings->Transparency in shading ON/OFF
Peter Devlin

Re: making glass transparent

Anonymous — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:28:16 GMT

I got it -

For the door - under model I needed to select " use objects materials"

That made it transparent - evidently the default material is not glass

Sure is nice to get help on a Saturday !

Thanks to all !

Re: making glass transparent

Anonymous — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:24:40 GMT

JP
If you have not already done this.
One more thing you might want to consider.
In my opinion, the stock "glass" is kinda deadsville.
Look under: Options>Element Attributes>Materials.
Make a copy of the stock glass.
Name it whatever.
Change the color to something you like.
Start with Transmittance around say roughly 30%
I like the soft blue hue reflections you would get on a clear day, also contrasts nicely with warm tones on exterior walls.
Bier