topic Re: transparancy in Inventor Forum

transparancy

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 11:13:12 GMT

I have an .ipt part with contains multiple extrusions etc.. . I have an Extrusion (New Solid) which is Green in Color. On top of the Green color Extrusion is another Extrusion (New Solid) which is set as Clear. How do i have the Green Extrusion visible behind the Clear Extrusion?

Currently i cannot see the Green Extrusion behind the Clear Extrusion

Inventor 2013 Commercial

IJC

Re: transparancy

TheCADWhisperer — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 11:19:50 GMT

Multi-body solids.

Re: transparancy

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 11:32:16 GMT

I was using multi-body solids but it appears White and not see through

Re: transparancy

SBix26 — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 11:45:52 GMT

What version of Inventor? Can you post the file here (or a non-proprietary example)?

Sam B

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Re: transparancy

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 12:04:28 GMT

Inventor 2013

I made a quick dummy file. It works here but not no the proper model. I will need to have a closer look

I posted the dummy file here anyway

IJC

Re: transparancy

mcgyvr — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 13:18:52 GMT

@ijc wrote:

Inventor 2013

I made a quick dummy file. It works here but not no the proper model. I will need to have a closer look

I posted the dummy file here anyway

IJC

If it works there it should work in the other..

Check to make sure your local style for that appearance is actually transparent and ensure you have assigned that appearance to the proper multi-solid body..

Re: transparancy

JDMather — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 14:26:34 GMT

@ijc wrote:

Inventor 2013

I posted the dummy file here anyway

iProperties indicates that you have not installed the Service Packs and Updates for 2013.

Re: transparancy

johnsonshiue — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 15:34:40 GMT

Hi! You may want to check where the appearance style is applied to. If it is applied to the feature generating the body or a face, transparency would be off. It is because it would look odd when you look into inner faces of the model. If a transparent appearance style is applied to a solidbody, it should work.

On top of my head, I can think of one particular workflow leading to this behavior is Make Components or Derive. If you have a transparent appearance style like Glass applied to a body in a multi-solid body part. Then you derive the solid into another part. The Glass will not look transparent. It is because the body appearance is downgraded to feature appearance (Derive). On 2013, you will have to use Clear tool to remove appearance override to the solidbody in the derive part and then manually apply Glass to the derived solid body. On 2016 and later, there is a more automated approach to this workflow.

Many thanks!