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How to make shower screen glass see through in internal elevations?

jay01 — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 05:08:46 GMT

Hi there,

Basic question but need help please! We want to do as much drawing in 3D as possible. BUT with shower screens, when we add the glass screen in, we cant see the shower head and mixer behind the glass when we are doing 2D internal elevations. How do you make it so you can see this please?

Its driving us crazy as we just end up using fills instead which creates double ups when we also have sections going through the same room

TIA

Operating system used: Windows

Re: How to make shower screen glass see through in internal elevations?

Barry Kelly — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 07:12:48 GMT

Have you tried just turning on transparency in your elevation settings?

Barry.

Re: How to make shower screen glass see through in internal elevations?

jay01 — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 23:48:36 GMT

You are a lifesaver Barry, thank you!

Re: How to make shower screen glass see through in internal elevations?

LamarSampson — Fri, 10 May 2024 13:07:29 GMT

I was also having the same issue, thank you.

Re: How to make shower screen glass see through in internal elevations?

Ode1 — Tue, 26 May 2026 00:48:53 GMT

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Barry, the first pic is E4 with Filled Uncut Surfaces set to - uniform pen colour, 2nd pic is E3 with Filled Uncut Surfaces set to - nothing

In E4, I can't see through the shower screen & the wall behind is coloured. It is the coloured wall on the right of E3.

E3 is set to nothing, and I can see through the clear glass shower screen, but setting E4 to nothing (3rd picture) means the vanity bowl & tap on the right are transparent, and they allow the fill behind to show through.

I assume I need to make the coloured wall adaptable to the model display, but I don't know how. Can you think of anything?

The look of E3 is the goal without anything being seen through. If I put the vanity in that elevation, you'd be able to see through it.

Thanks for any assistance you can provide.

Re: How to make shower screen glass see through in internal elevations?

Lingwisyer — Tue, 26 May 2026 02:11:15 GMT

Why do you not use "Fill Uncut Surfaces with: Own Surface Colours"? Is your glass surface set to have a transparency of more than 50%?

Ling.

Re: How to make shower screen glass see through in internal elevations?

Ode1 — Tue, 26 May 2026 06:04:07 GMT

This is what happens when I use that setting. The glass is clear, but for some reason, the wall behind has gone dark. Probably the 3d model colour isn't light enough. I've attached a 3d. I've attached the glass details. If I changed the vectorial hatching background, would that affect the view? I tried it, but don't see a change.

Re: How to make shower screen glass see through in internal elevations?

Lingwisyer — Tue, 26 May 2026 06:54:30 GMT

The wall beyond is matching your Surface Colour. You could possibly use a Graphic Override to change it to something whiter if you are not wanting to change your 3D.