BlenderBIM: See-through views

lander

Hi,

Is there a simple way to get "see-through" views?
I modeled some plumbing work that needs to be done in my house.

I want to display the rest of the building with some degree of transparency.
In other words, I want to see the walls, slabs... etc. but with eg. 0.3 opacity.
So that we can see the pipes going through slabs, walls or hidden in drywalls.. etc.

Or is there a preferred way to export these drawings maybe?
I tried through CSS, but the walls are obviously hiding everything behind.

Thanks for your help!

steverugi

@lander said:
Hi,

Is there a simple way to get "see-through" views?
I modeled some plumbing work that needs to be done in my house.

I want to display the rest of the building with some degree of transparency.
In other words, I want to see the walls, slabs... etc. but with eg. 0.3 opacity.
So that we can see the pipes going through slabs, walls or hidden in drywalls.. etc.

Or is there a preferred way to export these drawings maybe?
I tried through CSS, but the walls are obviously hiding everything behind.

if you want to the result as a printout can you print them both separately, then overlay all on a SVG using transparency in InkScape? Not sure about the outcome, just guessing here..

Gorgious

Yup I think a simple solution is to output 2 drawing with the same viewpoint, superimpose the drawings and style the walls as you wish

lander

Thanks for the suggestion, it worked great! :)

steverugi

@lander said:
Thanks for the suggestion, it worked great! :)

I would like to learn the MEP part of BBIM, would you please share the file if it's OK?
I know the principles but the Services and System part with ports, segments and fittings is not clear to me when implemented in BBIM, thanks