Solid Decal on Transparent Surface

[mark.martinezECRPT]

I am using Inventor 2023.  I am trying to put a decal on a transparent surface, but the decal comes out transparent as well instead of being solid.  Is there a way to make it solid like I did in Fusion 360?  This is a silk screen. See attachments.

[kacper.suchomski]

I think your problem may be partly due to the difference in background settings and the active lighting style.

[CGBenner]

@mark.martinezECRPT 

If you can share the Inventor part here, we can look at it and give you some direction on what might work for you.

[SBix26]

Solid bodies are uniformly transparent/solid.  The solution is to apply the decal to a new solid body (thin extrusion the same size & shape) that has an opaque appearance.

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Sam B

Inventor Pro 2023.2 | Windows 10 Home 21H2

[johnsonshiue]

Hi Mark,

Another low-tech way of strengthening the image is actually creating multiple Decals using the same sketch.

Many thanks!

[EdvinTailwind]

In my experience with Inventor the decals "inherit" a lot of the physical properties of the material it's applied on. For example - if you want a matte paper label on a shiny glass bottle you will need to create separate part OR a slightly elevated surface acting as a thin label (like paper). 

I think this may be the issue here as well.  As it's just plain single-color text (or?) I'd suggest that you emboss it like 0.001 and add black color to it.

A similar issue with solution can be seen here:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/decal-looking-pale/td-p/9077903

[JDMather]

In the real world - is that Decal a separate part with adhesive to the body.

If yes, that is how I would model it in Inventor - as a separate part assembled to the transparent component.