Opacity control not working

[PinnacleMachine]

Since this morning's update Opacity Control doesn't seem to be functioning for me. I have tried creating new bodies and files as well as opened some older files from last week where I know it had worked. Regardless of what it is set to the body appears completely solid.

JP

[jeff_strater]

it seems to work fine for me.  There are some plastic materials, though that do not work with opacity.  Are you by chance using one of those?

If you share your model here, we can take a look

[PinnacleMachine]

I never mess with materials - it's always set to steel satin for all components. It seems the opacity will work for 2-3 seconds; but as soon as I rotate the part or save it, it goes solid again and I can't get it transparent again. There was also a windows update this morning that may be causing the issue as well - I don't have time to screw with this - time is money.

[john.h]

Same here, a file I was working with last night with opacity control set to 50% now doesn't have the ability to change the opacity of any object that previously had opacity control enabled.

Really highlights an issue with push updates, if this broke something more critical I wouldn't be able to get any work done today...

[Phil.E · Accepted solution]

Hi,

We are aware of an issue and are working to fix it now. It might be related to what you are seeing.

There is one way to find out. Can you please change your preferences to this setting and try your workflow? Let me know what happens. Always happy to dig deeper.

Thanks,

[john.h]

That fixed it, I didn't think to check there since I had that set to "Better Performance" yesterday...

Thanks!

[PinnacleMachine]

Fixed it for me as well.

[Anonymous]

I have tried everything on this thread but I cannot get opacity control to work on a peek component!

what am I doing wrong?

[g-andresen]

Hi,

Please share the file.

File > export > save as f3d locally  > attach it to the next post.

günther

[Anonymous]

There you go!

[g-andresen]

Hi,

1. I could see that the effect does not occur with a new component in this construction as long as it is active. But this happens when the primary level is activated again.
2. Does the effect also occur in other files?

günther

[Anonymous]

I can adjust some brass parts in the assembly but the PEEK parts don't!

[g-andresen]

Hi,

What about question 2?

günther

[Anonymous]

I have just tried on another file that has both PEEK and brass parts, but I cannot get it to work on either of them!!

I must point out I am rather IT illiterate!

[g-andresen]

Hi,

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@Anonymous wrote:

I have just tried on another file that has both PEEK and brass parts, but I cannot get it to work on either of them!!

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Does this mean that the effect is not reproducible there?

günther

[Anonymous]

maybe I am asking this in the wrong way.

I am working on an assembly that is housed in a PEEK outer/insulator with some parts inside it as well as passages running through it. I am trying to make the PEEK insulator semi-transparent by selecting the component, right clicking and selecting Opacity Control and clicking 30%

When the component is still selected, I can see a slight "ghosting" of the internals but as soon as I click off it reverts to a solid.

[Anonymous]

For fun, I changed the physical material to brass (not very good for an insulator!) and it works like I thought it should!!

[g-andresen]

Hi,

I don't want to participate in this thread any further, because I can't see a sufficient development from the previous reactions to my questions.

Günther

[Phil.E]

For materials with translucency turned on, opacity control does not affect them.

[PinnacleMachine]

This issue just reappeared for me this morning - I am the original poster. I tried changing Transparency Effect settings from Better Display to Better Performance, which fixed it last time until there was a patch and it had no effect.

JP