Wall Transparency using filter in view with Structural Discipline

[luis_brionesalonso]

Hello,

I am having a problem with setting a wall to be transparant using a view filter. 

What i want to achieve is to make all walls with a certain material (in this case a material called ARCADE_kalkzandsteen) transparant so that you can see the beam lying on top of a wall opening, including the 'overlap' of the beam onto the wals. I wanted to achieve this while keeping the foreground pattern of the wall displayed.

This does not pose a problem as long as I have the discipline of the view set to 'Coordination' or 'Architectural'.

However, the pattern of the wall dissapears as soon as I set the discipline of the view to 'Structural'. If I dont apply any filter transparency (or any filter at all) to the wall while having the discipline set to structural the foreground pattern displays just fine.

I have added two screenshots to demonstrate the result. One where the discipline is set to coordination which gives me the result I need, and one with structural discipline which poses the problem. I need to achieve the same results with the discipline set to structural since the use of discipline is already a big part of our workflow. Is this possible? 

The fill pattern of the wall is defined by its material. I have added a third screenshot of the materials graphic properties. 

The filter is applied to Walls, and uses the following rule: Structural material-equals-"ARCADE_kalkzandsteen".

If anyone would be able to help me with this problem I would greatly appreciate this. Thank you in advance.

Best regards,

Luis

[htews]

what happens if you change the wall transparency under model categories?

[luis_brionesalonso]

Then it gives a transparancy to all the walls, i only want to add transparancy to walls that have a specific structural material.

In any case, the same problem persists. If the discipline is set to Coordination it gives a gradual increase in transparancy as I increase the value in the model overrides. If it is set to Structural the pattern dissapears as soon as i gove a 1% transparancy to the wall category.

[luis_brionesalonso · Accepted solution]

I have found the solution.

The cause of the problem was not just the Discipline but actually the 'Show Hidden Lines' parameter (and its link to the Disciplines). If I set the 'Show Hidden Lines' parameter to 'By Discipline' the fill patterns did show up.

Extra info: With the 'Discipline' set to Coordination/Architectural, the fill pattern shows up regardless of the 'Show Hidden Lines' parameter. The Transparancy is also gradual based on the percentage when the Discipline is set to Coordination/Architecture as opposed to the Sructural Discipline where the walls are either Transparant or not.

[semi]

this does not work for walls with a hatched fill, giving a wall with a solid fill to be transparant, will remove the entire hatch. So problem is not solved this way

[luis_brionesalonso]

Removing the solid fill entirely and only keeping the foreground pattern was exactly what I wanted to achieve, so I think we are having different problems. Unless I am misunderstanding you? 

[semi]

I also use a hatch PATTERN for bearing masonry and that also needs to show transparant to see the upper beams.
BUT with this same configuration our concrete walls have a solid hatch (color 192-192-192 for example) but with these kind of walls the transparancy doesnt apply. We only see the beam lines, but not the beam hatches on top of concrete walls

[luis_brionesalonso]

I see, in that case we are in fact having different problems. Would a filter for a concrete wall with a semi transparancy applied as override not work?