[IDV #QQW-186069]: Layer Ordering and & Transparency Issues on IDV 6.1

> Good Afternoon,
> 
> I've been enjoying the new IDV update! I've noticed a couple of issues
> arise while working with the latest version:
> 
> I recently installed the new IDV 6.1 and noticed that I cannot get the
> basemaps (e.g. High Res US) to show up ontop of filled contour views. I've
> attached an image for reference called fill_ordering_issue.png. You can see
> that the data is covering up the basemaps (in the southeast U.S. in this
> instance). I've tried moving the Layer order of the basemaps ontop but that
> did not work for some reason.

Hi Cody,

The problem is the top of the vertical scale of is set to be on 16km and your 
display is above
this, this is why the basemaps cannot move higher. You can increase the 
vertical scale 
(leftside tool bar) to 20km or more.
> 
> Additionally, you'll see in that image I have a table gradient with the
> lowest values being almost 100% transparent. For some reason the
> transparency does not show up in IDV or in the outputted images
> (cape_transparency_test.png) and is completely opaque wherever there is
> data. The "transparent background" option was checked and that does work,
> but the data itself immediately starts opaque while on the table it is
> semi-transparent for lower values.

I don't understand this problem, probably something related to the dark mode. 
Could you try 
to use the normal mode to see if the problem exists.

By the way, I will send out an announcement soon to upgrade to 6.1u1 for a major
bug fix release. Your bundle will not be working as expected in the current 6.1 
release due
to the TDS server url changed.

Yuan
> 
> This transparency issue may have been the case with previous versions but I
> was wondering if there is work around for this or if I'm missing something?
> 
> I've also attached my bundle file if needed.
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> Cody
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: QQW-186069
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open
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