making glass

I realise that this is probably a pretty basic question, but, how do I
change something into a "transparent plane" basically I want to show that
something is glass or acrylic

thanks

Mathew birtch

 

A couple ways:

-Edit Color; Optical Properties, Transparency.
-RMB on face or feature; Properties; Advanced; Transparency.

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ok, that worked but it made everything transparent.... I want to have glass
in a frame, should I make it a new part and make an assembly? keeping the
frame solid and making the glass transparent

 

where is this "edit color" option?
same deal with RBM?

sorry, I am very new with this software

 

Go to "Help" or "?", search for "edit color".
RMB = Right Mouse Button.

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That's probably what I would do, but you might be able to do it by just
changing the transparency of a feature (the feature that formed the window)
or faces (the faces that form the window) as Sporky noted below


Jerry Steiger
Tripod Data Systems
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