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sgray05

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In doing some research, I discovered some past forum chains that discuss this issue, however it did not appear (as of a few years ago) that there was a resolution.

I am trying to get a specific material to appear as transparent in elevational views. The properties of the material are set as having a transparency and show as such in 3D views, but for elevations, they appear as non-transparent. I know that I can override the properties of these elements by selecting the object and perform and override graphics and change the transparency, but this only affects that perticular view. 

Is there a command that will do this project wide? 

I am using this approach for indicating a fence that will have a large degree of transparency while also providing a appreance of pickets or chainlink. (creating a wall type that has the desired material pattern applied)

Is there a better way to construct a fence that would provide these results other than the way I am proceeding?

or am I stuck to having to go through each view and perform the override to each element?

Thanks

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sreed2

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I've always adjusted the views individually. But, you can adjust just one elevation view, create a view template > from current view and apply it to the rest of the elevations that have the fence. 

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marmiketin1

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I havent yet done this myself but i had the idea the other day of using a curtain wall system to model a fence. you could use the mullions as the posts and horizontal members and then create a custom curtain panel that is either a pattern on an extrusion or actual model linework. Might be a bit more system heavy if you used model lines.

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