Dear Bob,
It is gorgeous!
I didn't know about either 'set translucent' or 'color balls' -- both
very useful!
I like the fact that with 'set translucent false' and 'color balls
translucent positive-value' one can control the degree of translucency.
I think it is great. Having both positive and -1 modes is very nice.
Thanks for restoring the -1 mode.
Translucency with e.g opaque wireframe inside, in stereo, with
antialiasdisplay on: breathtaking!
Best regards, Eric
On 1/22/15 4:17 PM, Robert Hanson wrote:
I spent the day bringing translucent -1 back, and I have to say I
really like it. Especially with antialiasing. :)
Bob
On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 9:40 PM, Robert Hanson <hans...@stolaf.edu
<mailto:hans...@stolaf.edu>> wrote:
Well, Eric, I do apologize. I swear I looked at the code and saw
that it was broken and had been since 2009, so I figured it could
not be relevant. However, looking at it now, it looks like it was
fine. I can't remember what I saw in the code that made me think
it could not be being applied correctly.
But I am not keen on bringing it back. It required a lot of code,
and it was slowing down rendering even when not turned on. It gave
very odd effects when there were multiple translucent objects.
(One hides the other completely.)
I think you can get at least as nice an effect using
set translucent false
color balls translucent 0.4
The setting specifically does the same as the screened effect,
only much nicer -- making translucent objects NOT translucent to
each other -- and now it is adjustable all across the range of
translucency.
At least give that a try, please.
Bob
--
Robert M. Hanson
Larson-Anderson Professor of Chemistry
Chair, Department of Chemistry
St. Olaf College
Northfield, MN
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr
If nature does not answer first what we want,
it is better to take what answer we get.
-- Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lecture XXX, Monday, February 5, 1900
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