transparency material in layout

[Anonymous]

Hello,

My question is, I have done some 3d zones that are transparent and show as I want in the 3D window. But then when I make a 3D document out of it (and later on I place that 3D document in the Layout) the transparency is gone and I cannot ever make it transparent again.

Can this be somehow fixed?

[Anonymous]

Also, the colors in the 3D Document show up differently from the 3d window, even when using the same pen set...

[Laszlo Nagy]

I believe the answer is that since the 3D Window uses OpenGL it is capable of displaying more and better effects than the 3D Document Viewpoint, which is kind of like a Section/Elevation Viewpoint in terms of what it can display and how. So I would not expect the same graphics in the 3D Document Window as in 3D.

[Karl Ottenstein]

Exactly.

Ticia, if you want the colors/materials/transparency as seen in the 3D OpenGL window (or a rendering), then create a view of that window and place that onto your layout - not a 3D Document.

If you need to annotate the OpenGL or rendered view, then save that camera view, and also create a 3DD of it. Annotate the 3DD, but then create a view of the 3DD that does NOT have any model elements, only your annotation. Then overlay that annotation view on top of your placed OpenGL or rendering on the layout.