Pro/E Transparency Issues

[samiax]

I am having trouble with shaded components appearing somewhat Transparent in Wildfire 4. I am running windows vista home premium and my graphics card is an intel 945gm express so i cannot adjust hardware acceleration. Any suggestions on getting shaded components to appear properly during modeling or when placing views in drawings?

 

[davidinindy]

a screenshot would help a lot.

David

 

[samiax]

Here is a screenshot of a cylinder with a hole through the middle. The interior wall of the hole is visible through the rest of it. If i print the model however, it appears normal.

 

[davidinindy]

Is that a solid or a surface model?
Is it created in Pro-E or imported?

David

 

[samiax]

That is a solid model and it was drawn in pro/e.

 

[davidinindy]

I'd say it's a graphics card issue then. Look on PTC's site for tested and approved cards.
PTC is very particular about the card you use.

David

 

[samiax]

Thank You for the help, so you think there is no way around the problem?, because i would very much like to keep my current video card.

 

[jeff4136]

I believe there is / was a config statement
graphics win32_gdi
that forced software emulation of graphics functions(?).
May be worth a try (or search your install & admin guide
for the term to see if it's still applicable).

-Jeff Howard (wf2)
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