Library Objects Alpha Property

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Daniel R13 asked Sep 27, '21 Jeanette F commented Sep 30, '21

Library Objects Alpha Property

Hi Folks!

I was wondering if anyone knew if any of the objects in the Library tab have an alpha parameter. From what I can tell the only objects that have an alpha parameter are the items in the FlowItem Bin. Can someone confirm this for me please? Thanks!

-Dan

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FlexSim 21.1.3

object transparent alpha

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Jeanette F ♦♦ commented · Sep 30, 2021 at 06:45 PM

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Answer 1 · 2021-09-27T16:11:10Z

Matthew Gillespie answered Sep 27, '21

None of the objects in the library or flowitem bin have an alpha node under their color attribute.

In 21.2, the Alpha slider always appears in the color popup and it will add an alpha node to the object if you change the alpha value:

In 21.1 and earlier that popup only shows the alpha slider if the object already has an alpha node, so you'd have to add one like with code like this:

Object processor = Model.find("Processor1");
while (color(processor).subnodes.length < 4)
color(processor).subnodes.add().value = 1.0;

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