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 > -- > ************************************************************************** > * Matthias G.Imhof, Ph.D. phone: (540) 231 6004 * > * Derring Hall 4044 fax: (540) 231 3386 * > * Virginia Tech email: mgi at vt.edu * > * Blacksburg, VA 24061-0420 http://www.geol.vt.edu/profs/mgi * > * There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it's all dark * > ************************************************************************** -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Selwyn Hollis Associate Professor of Mathematics Armstrong Atlantic State University Savannah, GA 31419 USA <http://www.math.armstrong.edu/faculty/hollis/> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~