[Gmsh] Transparency of individual elements

[Christophe Geuzaine]

William Hunter wrote:
> List;
>  
> I noticed in a previous mail in 2005 a similar question:
>  
> I want to be able to display some 3D finite elements in a mesh as 
> semi-transparent, buy specifying an alpha value that varies between 0 
> and 1 (0 = "see through" and 1 = "solid"). I couldn't find anything in 
> the documentation or on the web.
>  
> Is it possible to do it, 

No, right now this is not possible: you can hide some elements 
completely (use Tools->Visibility), but not make them semi transparent.

 > or is there perhaps a work-around?

You could generate a post-processing view from your mesh (use e.g. 
File->Save as->Gmsh mesh statistics) and affect two different values to 
two separate groups of elements. Then in the view's option, you could 
specify a partially transparent colormap (Ctrl+click and drag alpha 
channel). This would do the trick.




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