x-ray not working

[Anonymous]

my windows is 8.1 version. my graphic card is ATI Radeon HD 4600. i update my graphic card driver. i am using image plane on maya. i created cube. i want to see cube's background. so checked display--> x-ray. but it is not working. you can see my video. can you help me about this problem please. sorry for my english.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9aQx83_I9Q&feature=youtu.be

[sean.heasley]

Hi @Anonymous!

What version of Windows 8.1 are you running 32 bit or 64 bit? Maya 2015 is not supported with 32 bit windows 8.1 so that could cause problems.

Another step that might work:

• Create an empty scene
• Create a cube
• Enter 'shaded mode' (press the '5' key)
• Toggle X Ray Shading to see if it works.

Hopefully this helps but let me know if this still occurs and we can troubleshoot some more!

If one or more of these posts helped answer your question, please click Accept as Solution on the posts that helped you so others in the community can find them easily.

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[Anonymous]

it is 64 bit. i did what you write. but nothing again. here is video how i did your writes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R82E8ngoEo0&feature=youtu.be

here is one video too. i can see faces a little okay. but faces are too light colored when overlap with image plane. so i cannot see faces. i cannot work 😞 i hope you understand me. thank you.

https://youtu.be/y2Vq_tMbQAA

[sean.heasley · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous

That's definitely an odd issue that it still isn't working.

Its possible updating 2015 may help. Are you on service pack 2? If not, you can find the download here.

If updating still does not fix the issue I have a workaround for you!

You can change the material transparency so you can see through it as if x ray was on!

To do this you need to:

• Right click your mesh, and select 'Assign New Material'.
• Then select 'Lambert'(or whatever material you prefer).
• Drag 'Transparency' slider until you achieve the desired effect.

 I hope this helps solve your issue but if not let me know and we can troubleshoot some more!

If one or more of these posts helped answer your question, please click Accept as Solution on the posts that helped you so others in the community can find them easily.

Kudos are greatly appreciated. Everyone likes a thumbs up!

[mspeer]

Hi!

Check in Viewport Menu:

Shading -> ... Transparency Sorting

[Anonymous]

anybody said that you are great ? 🙂 thank you friend.

[asagAD6RJ]

Almost 10 years.
10 years!!
And the same bug still exists in Maya.
Xray active component doesn't work very often.
When will you finally fix this, autodesk?