Transparent glass in elevation on door family

[CT36801]

I am not sure how to accomplish this.

need glass in this folding door family to be slightly transparent to show beyond.

like the 3D:

[barthbradley]

[CT36801]

I just used that trick to get the opening to appear transparent when the door is set to show as open.. but what about the glass?

[barthbradley]

Is the Glass Material Transparent?  

[CT36801]

yes - see 3d snip.

[barthbradley]

https://www.ideateinc.com/blog/2016/02/did-you-know-that-revit-windows-can

...or create a 3D Elevation. 

[handjonathan]

Hi @CT36801 

Thanks a lot for posting your question to the forums!   Has the solution suggested by @barthbradley helped with your issue?
 
We look forward to hearing back from you with more information so we can help you as a community! 

[CT36801]

I haven't yet found a satisfactory solution to this issue. I'm not sure if it's possible unless done with a 3D view in elevation.

[barthbradley]

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@CT36801 wrote:

I'm not sure if it's possible unless done with a 3D view in elevation.

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Did you read the instructions in that Link I provided?   

Have you tried overriding the Window/Glazing graphics in View to apply a Transparency?  

How about turning off the Glass Subcategory in the View (or whatever Subcategory, if any, the glazing geometry is in)?  That's a legit, documented workaround. I think it was also mentioned in that Link.  

Post your File.  

[ToanDN]

If you want only the glass semi-transparent then using 3D elevation is the easiest way.  If you want to do it in 2D elevations then use a shared nested family for glass components in the family, then create a filter to override the transparency of glass components based on the family name (or something unique).