Transparency?

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mankoff
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Transparency?

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I fit a plane to a surface. I'd like to make the plane visible but 50% opaque or 50% transparent. Is this possible? I could not find it in the UI nor the documentation.

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Re: Transparency?

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Indeed, there's no mean to do that right now. However, this would be very simple, so I think I'll add this feature in the next release.
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Re: Transparency?

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Was this added? If so, where do I find it?

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Re: Transparency?

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Well, it has been added to the "Tool > Other > Plane orientation" tool. But I'll add this option (i.e. stippling) as a checkbox for any mesh soon.

However, while it looks ok on a plane, it can looks very strange on true 3D meshes...
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This option (stippling) is now available in the mesh properties dialog. Already on the github trunk.
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Re: Transparency?

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Any chance transparency implementation could be revisited beyond stippling?
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Re: Transparency?

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If someone wants to tackle this challenge, we would welcome the contribution ;-)
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