Making components transluscent in an assembly

[MichaelkSA]

I have an assembly that I want to show some components in a translucent/transparent manner so that you can see into the belly of the component while still seeing the outer shape.

I found a like that refers to 'styles' menu or by going View->Style and assigning some colour to a component, but I do not find this in NX9.

I suspect that I can do this by setting component materials, but I really just need this for display and if I have to assign a material to each component I think it will affect the model performance negatively on my PC and 'grow' the file unnecessarily.

I can also assign colours to features when the part is made the 'Display Part' by going Edit->Feature->Assign Feature Color, but it does not seems like they can be made translucent. I also really just need this in an assembly and don't want to have to make changes to the parts themselves.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

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[MichaelkSA]

I figured this out and can perhaps answer my own question for if someone struggles with this in the future.

If you highlight an object and hit ctrl->J or right click on it and go 'Edit Display' you can assign a colour to the object along with a translucency from 0-100.

It seems like these attributes are part of the component as a part and in an assembly, but it is such a basic attribute that I am sure it won't really do anything to performance.

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