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(OP)
Is there any reason why it wont work for me? Im in an assembly, I right click on an object and press "change transparency", and it doesnt do anything.

Anything I should check to see why its not working?

RE: Transparency

Is in-context editing activated?

Tony Greising-Murschel
Windows XP SP3 x86 (Don't ask)
Core i7 870 - 4GB
Nvidia Quadro FX 580
SolidWorks 2010 SP2.0

RE: Transparency

That might seem odd but are you sure there are no overlapping component there.

RE: Transparency

If you are editing in context at the time double check your settings under Tools-->Options-->Display/Selection-->Assembly transparency for in-context editing.

Joe Hasik,
CSWP/SMTL/MTLS
SW 09 x64, SP 4.1
Dell T3400
Intel Core2 Quad
Q6700 2.66 GHz
3.93 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

RE: Transparency

(OP)
I tried all those things and it still doesnt work.

No matter which object I try to make transparent, it doesnt work. Any other suggestions?

RE: Transparency

Can you apply appearances?
Can you apply the transparency via the Appearances manager?
Does the Display Plane flyout allow change?
Do the Hide and Suppress functions work?
Have you rebooted?
Have you re-installed the approved graphics driver?

RE: Transparency

(OP)
Can you apply appearances? YES
Can you apply the transparency via the Appearances manager? NO
Does the Display Plane flyout allow change? YES
Do the Hide and Suppress functions work? YES
Have you rebooted? YES
Have you re-installed the approved graphics driver? NO

RE: Transparency

Try 2 more things.

- Toggle global wire frame and shaded mode
- Toggle wire frame frame and shaded mode from the FMT fly-out.

Now try, transparency.
 


~ BT

RE: Transparency

(OP)
Dumb question but Im new to solidworks..

How do I do those 2 things? Thanks.

RE: Transparency

Quote:

Toggle global wire frame and shaded mode

This function is available in the Heads up view tool bar. See this link.
Interface

Quote:

Toggle wire frame frame and shaded mode from the FMT fly-out.

FMT Display options
 


~ BT

RE: Transparency

(OP)
Thanks..

Yea, I did all that, still doesnt work.

Everything seems to work fine except for Transparency.

RE: Transparency

Are you running an approved graphics card and driver combination.

RE: Transparency

(OP)
Yea, I actually had our company get a new graphics card and its been working great until now. And Ive never had problems making an object transparent before, even with this same graphics card.

RE: Transparency

Some times, just reordering the features in part or Parts in assemblies with work. I dont know the reason, but I have noticed this in the past.


~ BT

RE: Transparency

Try running a repair of the SW install.

RE: Transparency

(OP)
This sucks.

I tried both of those things and it still doesnt work.

Im sure its something simple that I accidently hit.

RE: Transparency

Is there another SW station at where you work? If yes, try copying the settings from that machine to yours.

RE: Transparency

Right-click on your desktop and select properties/settings/advanced/troubleshoot and start dialing back the hardware acceleration click by click.  Do you see any change?

Dan

www.eltronresearch.com
Dan's Blog

RE: Transparency

Can you reproduce this error in another computer?


~ BT

RE: Transparency

I'm having this same problem with 2010.  Never had the problem with 2008.  I've yet to find a fix.

2010 has been a big disappointment for our company.  Robustness is now a thing of the past.

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