Material Transparency Control on PRO 2026???

[TericS]

I saw another post asking the same question, and I user commented that Pro 2026 does not allow for material transparency adjustment.  I reposted this under a more descriptive title, hoping to catch more attention and more answers.

 

HOW CAN THIS BE???  Not able to adjust transparency of an object???  Customizing color and transparency of glass is very important to me.  Had I known about this downgrade, I would have never "upgraded" to Pro 2026!

 

But the 2026 User Reference Manual has a whole section about material transparency, at P.793:  see blow

 

MATERIAL DEFINITIONS

Textures are graphic files that represent contoured surfaces of objects such as carpet, bricks, tile, and wood in rendered  views. Textures are assigned to materials which in turn are assigned to objects. See Patterns and Textures on page 732.  The display of materials in rendered views is controlled by settings on the TEXTURE and PROPERTIES panels of the Define  Material dialog. See Define Material Dialog on page 748. Brightness, shininess and transparency control how light sources affect the display of surfaces in rendered views. See  Lighting on page 794. If no texture is selected for a material, a solid color is used instead.

 

MATERIAL TRANSPARENCY

Most materials are opaque while some materials, such as glass, are partially transparent. Transparency can be set in the Define Material dialog. See Properties Panel.

Transparency is supported in all Rendering Techniques. Most Rendering Techniques, however, have an Opaque Window Glass setting that, when checked, overrides the transparency of the Glass components of exterior doors, exterior windows,  and interior windows. Interior doors with Glass components are unaffected. When this box is checked, Glass components  display the Material Color assigned to their material. See Rendering Technique Options on page 814.

 

SO SOMEONE PLEEEEEASE TELL ME the function has not gone away, just accessed differently than before?

 

Thanks!

 

Eric

Desktop Intel i5 11th-gen;

1TB Nvme stick SSD

32MB DDR4 RAM

AMD Radeon RX-9070 XT 16GB graphics

Just "upgraded" to Pro2026

[Rookie65]

It's gone in 2026. One of many disappointments with the new version. 

[scottharris]

Material transparency was removed in Home Designer 2026.  Many of the new materials now have material maps; and when there is a map, the transparency control did not override the map and make any change.  So, that setting was removed in favor of using the new materials in ray trace views.  If you feel strongly about it (I see you must with upper case in your post), let us know by sending an email, and we can relook at the feature - suggestions<at>chiefarchitect.com