Transparent Plane

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Michael D6 asked Dec 07 2021 at 8:22 PM Michael D6 commented Dec 08 2021 at 2:36 PM

Transparent Plane

I am modeling floors on top of each other in flexsim and have planes objects are placed on. Is there a way to make a plane transparent but colored?

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FlexSim 21.2.3

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Answer 1 · 2021-12-08T12:29:04Z

Joerg Vogel answered Dec 08 2021 at 12:29 PM Michael D6 commented Dec 08 2021 at 2:36 PM

You select in Visual Tool > Visual Display: Imported Shape. You choose from FlexSim Program Directory > fs3d > General: Plane.3ds as a shape

Then you can set an alpha value to get a translucent plane.

translucent_plane_imported_shape.fsm

translucent-plane.gif (1.4 MiB)

translucent-plane-imported-shape.fsm (26.7 KiB)

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Michael D6 commented · Dec 08 2021 at 1:06 PM

Hi @Joerg Vogel

Thank you for this post. This is exactly what I wanted to accomplish...

I attempted to recreate and I am missing something. Your plane is translucent so I dont think it is a graphics setting. See attached model. Would you be able to tell me what I am doing wrong on the blue colored plane? It seems identical to the red plane.Translucent Plane Example.fsm

It is likely something very simple

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translucent-plane-example.fsm (27.1 KiB)

Joerg Vogel Michael D6 commented · Dec 08 2021 at 1:55 PM

A plane must be in rank above objects, which you want to see through this plane.

@Michael D6

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transparent-feature-rank-dependend.jpg (32.2 KiB)

Michael D6 Joerg Vogel commented · Dec 08 2021 at 2:36 PM

@Joerg Vogel

Thanks. I would never have guessed that, but it makes sense.

Your directions should get added to the manual. This is a very nice thing to know how to do.

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Answer 2 · 2021-12-07T20:49:30Z

Kwaku AN answered Dec 07 2021 at 8:49 PM Joerg Vogel commented Dec 08 2021 at 7:52 AM

Hi @Michael D6 this link takes you to the part of the user manual that talks about color. Messing with the alpha property could yield you the result you are looking for. Please let me now if you have any other questions.

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Michael D6 commented · Dec 07 2021 at 8:57 PM

Hi @Kwaku AN thanks for the response. I did read this manual before asking. It would indicate that changing the Alpha parameter for the visual would impact transparency, but it makes no difference. As far as I can tell this is not a feature on the plane or I am interpreting the manual incorrectly.

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Joerg Vogel Michael D6 commented · Dec 08 2021 at 7:52 AM

@Michael D6, can you upload an example? Perhaps your model works on another machine as expected, then it would be an issue of a graphic card.

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