topic Re: Transparent section fill in Modeling

Transparent section fill

Anonymous — Tue, 23 May 2023 14:51:58 GMT

Anyone know a way to get a cut object to have a transparent (or translucent) fill? I'm trying to get a mesh in a 3d document to show as partly transparent, but it seems to default to white despite my best efforts. I assigned a transparent material to the mesh, and set the fill to Background, with a 0 pen, but no luck. Thanks.

Re: Transparent section fill

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:06:29 GMT

You could set the mesh's layer to wireframe.

Re: Transparent section fill

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:19:10 GMT

if I do that, the mesh doesn't cut at all, so then my ground line disappears.

Re: Transparent section fill

David Maudlin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:38:49 GMT

nick:

You could change the mesh from Solid Body to Superficies or With Skirt, which just leaves the top plane, but this may create another unwanted result elsewhere.

David

Re: Transparent section fill

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:41:52 GMT

nick wrote:
Anyone know a way to get a cut object to have a transparent (or translucent) fill? I'm trying to get a mesh in a 3d document to show as partly transparent, but it seems to default to white despite my best efforts. I assigned a transparent material to the mesh, and set the fill to Background, with a 0 pen, but no luck. Thanks.

I think the 3D Document Settings simply do not do what you want.
If you set the Cut Fill Background Pen to Transparent then there will be no background fill color. But it does not change how the 3D Document bodies and lines were generated from the 3D Model.

Re: Transparent section fill

Brett Brown — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 03:06:27 GMT

What's the reasoning around not being able to have a transparent cut fill in a composite?