Re: Transparency

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trdecarlo++at++tasc.com
Tue, 19 Sep 95 23:30:20 -0500


I have seen similar problems when loading Multigen models which
contain transparent parts (though i'm sure it will happen with
other models, too). I think the problem is the order of rendering.
I don't think Performer does any pre-sorting of transparent parts,
and to get transparent parts to render correctly, they should
probably be rendered after all opaque parts and sorted to render
back to front. The MultiGen modeller allows priority to be applied
to parts, this can change the order of rendering. I'm sure that
something within Performer will let you assign higher priority
to your transparent parts so they can be drawn last. I just don't
know if you can sort them easily.

Thom
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Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 16:13:36 -0400
From: Lynda D Myers <ldmyers++at++afit.af.mil>
Subject: Transparency
To: info-performer++at++sgi.com

I am having touble seeing one transparent
object through another when rendering objects
in performer. Using the no_occlude option in
pfTransparency did not solve the problem.
Is there another way to do this?

Thank you,
Lynda D. Myers
e-mail
ldmyers++at++afit.af.mil

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