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Image:Stick_trans_50.png|sticks with 0.5 transparency
 
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Image:Stick_trans_90.png|sticks with 0.9 transparency
 
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Stick transparency works best with "unilayer" transparency (Setting menu > transparency > Unilayer) rather than "multilayer", which leads to odd artifacts where the sticks join.
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Revision as of 19:25, 24 September 2006

Overview

The setting "stick_transparency" allows one to set the degree of transparency for stick objects, independent of all other objects. Allowable values range from 0 (fully opaque) to 1 (fully transparent, i.e. invisible).

Settings

set stick_transparency, 0.50   # Makes sticks 50-percent transparent

Examples

Open the images to actually see the details!

Note

Stick transparency works best with "unilayer" transparency (Setting menu > transparency > Unilayer) rather than "multilayer", which leads to odd artifacts where the sticks join.