# Opacity slider on 3d models
**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/opacity-slider-on-3d-models/36229
**Category:** Feature requests
**Created:** [January 26, 2025, 5:46am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/opacity-slider-on-3d-models/36229 "2025-01-26T05:46:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@SCALEMODEL](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/SCALEMODEL)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2025, 5:46am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/opacity-slider-on-3d-models/36229/1 "2025-01-26T05:46:31Z")
**The problem that this feature will solve:**
Show models in-between other models.
**Brief description of the outcomes that you expect from this feature:**
Possibly with opacity change it could enable you to select Sketches and 3d Model that is at 100% in opacity. Basically opacity change is a soft hide feature.
**What can’t you achieve without this feature?**
With opacity set lower, it will help you visualize, instead a hard toggle on and off.
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### Author:  [@BKE](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/BKE)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/opacity-slider-on-3d-models/36229/2 "2025-01-26T14:59:24Z")
Also, to _quickly_ choose predifined material (and opacity).
> [@Transparency toggle switch](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/transparency-toggle-switch/34695/2):
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> Or like this [material popup\_240708\_08]
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### Author:  [@BKE](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/BKE)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2025, 11:25pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/opacity-slider-on-3d-models/36229/3 "2025-02-03T23:25:06Z")
If this is to difficult to implement, a great shortcut would be a way to “Pick Face Color” (incl transparency). Is so, you could pick of present item or even build a small selection on-the-side to use.
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### Author:  [@Ebrahim](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Ebrahim)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2026, 5:18pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/opacity-slider-on-3d-models/36229/4 "2026-01-10T17:18:22Z")
[Object opacity?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/object-opacity/1985) I did not find the slider for opacity in My IOS NEW VERSION
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### Author:  [@shaprvision](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/shaprvision)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2026, 6:30am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/opacity-slider-on-3d-models/36229/5 "2026-01-11T06:30:29Z")
> [@Ebrahim](#):
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> [Object opacity?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/object-opacity/1985) I did not find the slider for opacity in My IOS NEW VERSION
What material are you trying to use? I think only Utility \> Standard : Default and Glossy Simple Transparent materials have a transparency setting.
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### Author:  [@dotdodd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/dotdodd)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2026, 11:42pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/opacity-slider-on-3d-models/36229/6 "2026-03-14T23:42:53Z")
Was going to post this as a suggestion.
To go further, I think specific face or side opacity is even more beneficial.
Hopefully this visual makes sense.
When using the “Show Hidden Edges” feature you can see that curved pieces (in the corners of this piece) are invisible and hard to make out.
However, when you highlight the object to select pieces, you get a much better visualization of your object through the opacity. I can easily make out the curved edges behind walls. So the visualization is there, just giving users the ability to manually adjust this would be very welcome.
[I can only post one embedded media image as a new user so my reply to this will be the highlighted visual]