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Re: semi-transparent surfaces

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  • Subject: [mg16888] Re: semi-transparent surfaces
  • From: Selwyn Hollis <shollis at peachnet.campuscwix.net>
  • Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 02:24:25 -0400
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Sehr geehrte Herr Dr. Imhoff:

Conix 3D Explorer does a great job with translucent surfaces. Have a look at
http://www.conix3d.com.



Matthias Georg Imhof wrote:

> I want to render surfaces semitransparent to let other graphics underneath
> shimmer through.
>
> I did try to use the Prolog and Epilog to call the postscript operator
> setalpha, e.g.,
>
> Prolog->PostScript["0.5 setalpha"]
>
> The results are more than strange. The notebook cursor disappears. For
> fully transparent, the surface is totally black.
>
> Are there other ways to achieve the desired result?
>
> Matthias
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