# \#opacity **URL:** https://forums.sketchup.com/tag/opacity/1323.md [Latest](https://forums.sketchup.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.sketchup.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forums.sketchup.com/tags.md) --- ## [Opacity Problem / Probleme d'opacité](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/opacity-problem-probleme-dopacite/283187)
**Author:** [@soulzlike](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/soulzlike)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/opacity-problem-probleme-dopacite/283187 "2024-07-28T15:16:47Z")
Sketchup ne fait plus de nuances d’opacité, si je baisse l’opacité de la couleur à 99, le composant disparaît comme si je l’avais mis à 0. Sketchup doesn’t do opacity shades anymore, if I lower the color opacity to 99, … --- ## [How do I lower the opacity of a Sketchup model in Layout?](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-lower-the-opacity-of-a-sketchup-model-in-layout/237205)
**Author:** [@Hamlit](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Hamlit)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-lower-the-opacity-of-a-sketchup-model-in-layout/237205 "2023-08-01T17:21:20Z")
Hello, I would like to use a Sketchup model view as a 2D background in Layout. For example, 50% opacity so that I can add my specific information on top of it and plot it to pdf. I just need to reduce the opacity of th… --- ## [Model is transparent](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/model-is-transparent/216626)
**Author:** [@clemunicator](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/clemunicator)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/model-is-transparent/216626 "2023-01-02T20:17:36Z")
Hi to all of you, I hope you can help me :face\_with\_thermometer: since yesterday my model and all components are transparent? What did I do? By the way, I did nor change the camera - I didn´t even use it! You can look… --- ## [How to change color of several layers at once](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-change-color-of-several-layers-at-once/110258)
**Author:** [@botomup](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/botomup)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-change-color-of-several-layers-at-once/110258 "2022-03-10T18:38:44Z")
hello everybody, I’m looking for a plugin that could change the color of several layers at once. I often import CAD in my models that are usualy mades with a lot of layers. those layers have their own color organizatio… --- ## [Opacity/Transparency operations in Sketchup Scene](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/opacity-transparency-operations-in-sketchup-scene/95830)
**Author:** [@emmanuel.rudelle](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/emmanuel.rudelle)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/opacity-transparency-operations-in-sketchup-scene/95830 "2019-05-22T12:35:00Z")
Hello everybody, I’m trying to do some manipulations on colors with Skp 2017 and Ruby. I need to assign different colors and opacity to different surfaces. I saw there are two ways to change a face opacity: first : … --- ## [\[Vray\] Opacity objects rendering issue](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/vray-opacity-objects-rendering-issue/84199)
**Author:** [@Fbaz](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Fbaz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2018, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/vray-opacity-objects-rendering-issue/84199 "2018-12-27T15:49:55Z")
Hello everyone, Vray doesn’t render the opacity at all, it happens suddenly I can’t figure out why, also I feel the render quality is poor and vray doesn’t render as it should be. In the attached image below I made the … --- ## [Set default opacity for paint bucket on a Mac](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/set-default-opacity-for-paint-bucket-on-a-mac/51128)
**Author:** [@j0equ1nn](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/j0equ1nn)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/set-default-opacity-for-paint-bucket-on-a-mac/51128 "2017-09-12T23:58:19Z")
I have seen other discussions about this issue but nothing that seems to resolve it. I want to know how to pre-set my front/back face colors as well as opacity so that when I use the paint bucket, the faces are painted … --- ## [Is there a way of making semi-transparent trees?](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/is-there-a-way-of-making-semi-transparent-trees/47169)
**Author:** [@rlb](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/rlb)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/is-there-a-way-of-making-semi-transparent-trees/47169 "2017-06-26T00:41:30Z")
I’m new to sketch and wonder if there is a way of making trees, people, and other entourage elements semitransparent. It’s a technique very effective in digital presentations, allowing the designed object to read through… --- ## [How to make colors transparent?](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-make-colors-transparent/34249)
**Author:** [@jwimmer2](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/jwimmer2)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-make-colors-transparent/34249 "2016-11-18T15:37:03Z")
New to sketch up pro (old free version 7 user). How to make colors transparent? I would have expected this $700.00 program to be immediately easier to use than the old, free version but I’m not having any luck finding th…