I have a clear plastic cup that I created in SW. In SW I applied a transparent plastic
that appears clear SW but when opening the part in Visualize the clear plastic appears solid. Even when I apply a clear plastic appearance that is found in Visualize library it is not entirely clear (maybe 10%). This is for all plastics.
I have tried glass appearance but this is not realistic to a polyprop or polycarb plastic.
does anyone have solution for this or even a custom material with its setting that I can use in Visualize please.
Hi Christiaan,
In Visualize, most transparent objects will be "solid"...which means you may have to adjust the Color Density parameter.
Click on your appearance and observe the properties.
In all likelihood if it is of type "Plastic" and it may also have Solid checked, and a Color Density value.
You probably have to slide the Color Density value down quite low.
Also, make sure Transparency Color is entirely white (100%).
We realize we need to improve these appearance translations in many cases...clear plastics certainly not excluded. We are working on it! ;-)
As an alternative, you can also copy the 5 clear plastics from here, and put them in your library, and try applying one of them on the problem appearance after you import it. NOTE: These use the Sub-Surface-Scatting appearance type and currently will render best (albeit slow) in Accurate mode: