topic Re: Glass material not showing as transparent? in Visualization

Glass material not showing as transparent?

Anonymous — Thu, 11 May 2023 11:51:27 GMT

Hello,

I have opened up an older archicad file for a project that our office did several years ago. I have now opened the file up in Archicad 16, and the glass material is not showing as transparent. I have been into the material settings, selected the right glass material, and have adjusted the transparency etc, but no chance. Any ideas?

Thanks

Re: Glass material not showing as transparent?

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 04:16:27 GMT

Have you checked in 3D Window Settings that Transparency is on?

Re: Glass material not showing as transparent?

Fran_ois Chatelain — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:11:10 GMT

And also make sure the transparency is set to over 70% in the material settings.

Cheers
Francois

Re: Glass material not showing as transparent?

David Maudlin — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:33:19 GMT

François wrote:
And also make sure the transparency is set to over 70% in the material settings.

In my experience a Transmittance setting of 51 or more will make the material transparent in the 3D Window.

David

Re: Glass material not showing as transparent?

Fran_ois Chatelain — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:37:56 GMT

Hi David,
you're right.
Mind you, I didn't bother checking before posting, I was referring to previous behaviour in older versions 😉

Cheers
Francois

Re: Glass material not showing as transparent?

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:01:38 GMT

François wrote:
Hi David,
you're right.
Mind you, I didn't bother checking before posting, I was referring to previous behaviour in older versions 😉

Cheers
Francois

The 51% threshold has been the rule for as long as I've been using ArchiCAD. Perhaps you mean before version 3? 😉