# How to make the surface of model semi-transparent?

**URL:** https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-make-the-surface-of-model-semi-transparent/1087
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 20, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-make-the-surface-of-model-semi-transparent/1087 "2017-09-20T00:29:44Z")
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### Author: ![Ramttoong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/edb3f5/32.png) [@Ramttoong](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Ramttoong)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-make-the-surface-of-model-semi-transparent/1087/1 "2017-09-20T00:29:45Z")

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Add a picture. (It’s not my work, just example made by another man.)

I adjusted the transparency by ‘opacity’, but it was not like that above.

 ![untitiled](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/9/f/9f6591f82e2cd4b3086d5954c71242118138dc5b.png)

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### Author: ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2017, 12:31am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-make-the-surface-of-model-semi-transparent/1087/2 "2017-09-20T00:31:48Z")

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A post was merged into an existing topic: [How can I trasform a model in this way?](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-can-i-trasform-a-model-in-this-way/1079)

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### Author: ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2017, 12:31am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-make-the-surface-of-model-semi-transparent/1087/3 "2017-09-20T00:31:49Z")

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