[Paraview] transparency of a surface

[Robert Maynard]

You could try the latest CVS version of 3.3 and see if that resolves the 
problem, as I do not have access to a PPC Mac to see if I can replicate 
the problem.

Shigenobu Hirose wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
> While 3.3.0 is being built, I tried the same thing with old paraview-2.6.2.
> Then I got an identical result to yours; the opacity control in the
> display panel worked.
>
> So, I suspect something wrong with 3.2.1 at least for the transparency.
>
> Shigenobu
>
> On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 1:23 PM, Shigenobu Hirose <shirose at jamstec.go.jp> wrote:
>   
>> Hi Robert,
>>
>>  Thanks for the further information. I followed what you did, but got a
>>  different result; the transparency didn't change, but the background
>>
>> color changed from gray to white. So something is wrong with my
>>  platform, iMac PPC + Leopard + Paraview-3.2.1.
>>
>>  The apparent difference is that you use 3.3.0 while I use 3.2.1.
>>  So, I'll try it again with 3.3.0.
>>
>>  Shigenobu
>>
>>
>>  On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Robert Maynard
>>
>>
>> <robertjmaynard at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  > That is unusual, I  tested at home on a mac book (Panther + Intel CPU)
>>  >  and I was able to get transparencies working.
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >  Shigenobu Hirose wrote:
>>  >  > Hi Robert,
>>  >  >
>>  >  > Thank you for that information, but it didn't work for me. Changing
>>  >  > the opacity in the display panel did nothing for the transparency.
>>  >  >
>>  >  > Shigenobu
>>  >  >
>>  >  > On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Robert Maynard
>>  >  > <robertjmaynard at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  >  >
>>  >  >> there is an opacity control inside the display panel for each pipeline
>>  >  >>  object. That will work unlike the opacity inside the color scale editor.
>>  >  >>
>>  >  >>  If I remember correctly the opacity option is around the point and line
>>  >  >>  width settings.
>>  >  >>
>>  >  >>
>>  >  >>
>>  >  >>  Shigenobu Hirose wrote:
>>  >  >>  > Hi all,
>>  >  >>  >
>>  >  >>  > I want to change the transparency of a surface colored by some scalar
>>  >  >>  > value, but "Opacity" in the color scale editor is *gray* and cannot be
>>  >  >>  > changed. ("Scalar Value" there can be changed.)
>>  >  >>  >
>>  >  >>  > I'm using Paraview 3.2.1, Mac OS X PPC.
>>  >  >>  >
>>  >  >>  > Could someone tell me what is wrong?
>>  >  >>  >
>>  >  >>  > Thank you.
>>  >  >>  > Shigenobu
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