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>From: Bernard Mendiburu /Loni-UCLA/ <address@hidden> >Organization: Laboratory Of Neuro Imaging UCLA >Keywords: 200405282342.i4SNgNtK024514 Hi Bernard- >I'm using IDV 1.0.1 and IDV 1.1b3 >Both with OpenGL > >I use the transparency to display two isosurface data. >In 1.0.1 it works, if you respect the loading order of the layers. >You told us it's a java 3D bug. > >In 1.1b3 the transparency is not working. I'm unclear about what you mean here. I just loaded in two isosurfaces of the same field in 1.1beta 3, set them to different values and used the color table editor to change the transparency of the secondly loaded surface. I saved it as a bundle and then loaded it back in and the isosurface was transparent. (However, I did note that the transparency did not show up in the color table editor and I'll add that to the bug list). >When I open, in 1.1b3, a .xidv view created with 1.0.1 with >transparency, the transparency is working fine... Which is should. The different between 1.0 and 1.1 as far as isosurface tranparency is that in 1.0 there was a slider in the isosurface control and in 1.1 you use the color table editor. This is more consistent with the way of setting transparency with any of the other controls. It also allows you to set variable transparencies for different parts of the color table. Don Murray NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publically available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.