Inactive parts barely visible

[Anonymous]

I'm new to f360 and am attempting to create an assembly hat has multiple components.  However after creating the first component and then activate the next component, I can only see the first component very lightly.  If I don't look hard I don't see it.  Is there a way to change the transparency level of inactive component, the component color, or the screen background so that I can see and use these inactive components as references? 

[Marco.Takx]

Hi @Anonymous,

I think you are looking for the Opacity Control.

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[jeff_strater]

You can disable the dimming of non-active components by unchecking the "Active Component Visibility" setting in the Preferences, on the Design tab:

There is no way to control the amount of transparency if this item is checked

[Anonymous]

Jeff....Thanks for the response. This does exactly what you say, but doesn't resolve my problem. I tried another response that I received and neither worked. I dug out an old Win 7 machine that had a different graphics card and the problem doesn't exist there. So it appears to be a hardware issue rather then a software setting. I'm going to go down that route and swap out the graphics card to see if that makes a difference. Again, thanks for the assist.

[Anonymous]

Marco...Thanks for the response. I tried adjusting the opacity but that did not effect the non-active components.  I then tried another response that I received and neither of theses suggestions worked. I dug out an old Win 7 machine that had a different graphics card and the problem doesn't exist there. So it appears to be a hardware issue rather then a software setting. I'm going to go down that route and swap out the graphics card to see if that makes a difference. Again, thanks for the assist.

[Marco.Takx]

Hi @Anonymous,

Thanks for your feedback.

Before switching the Graphic Card try first another driver to see if that fixed the problem.

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