Transparency in sketch render

[Erich]

I am having an issue where a model initially sketch rendered glass with transparency off - but now will only render with transparency on.

Is there a setting, other than the transparency toggle in the 3D window Settings, that controls transparency in a sketch render?

[Laszlo Nagy]

Here is the answer:

http://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/troubleshooting/3d-modeling/texture-overwrite-fails/#Transparency_n...

[adamsb]

laszlonagy wrote:
Here is the answer:

http://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/troubleshooting/3d-modeling/texture-overwrite-fails/#Transparency_n...

That's great news!

In the meantime, what I've found to work okay is to change the OpenGL transparency settings to 0 just during the sketch render. Works pretty well, even though it is an extra step.

[Erich]

Personally I am looking forward to AC19. The fix listed in the help center

Transparent surfaces are not rendered as such by the Sketch rendering engine

is actually exactly the reverse of what I have experience. I cannot get transparent surfaced to render opaque. It sounds like in AC19 we will have a toggle in the render engine rather than other settings to control transparency. This can then easily be saved with the view settings.

[Laszlo Nagy]

Yes, it seems there will probably be a new "Transparency" checkbox for the Sketch Render in ARCHICAD 19 (of course nothing is final until it is actually release).

[Erwin Edel]

That toggle would be a very welcome addition for our artist impressions.