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Tom7

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Try clicking on a window and in the Object Info Palette go to Settings > View > Glazing and make sure that "Clear" (instead of "Opaque" or "Use Class" that uses a class with a non-transparent texture) is selected.

You can also check View > Rendering > Open GL Options and make sure that "Use Textures" is selected.

(This is all based on VW 2008; it maybe be different in 2011, if that's what you're using. Consider adding your hardware & software info to your signature...)

HTH, Will

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Hi Tom

Do you have Renderworks? Your windows will only be transparent if you have Renderworks. Otherwise, Windows in 2011 do not need any special treatment to make them display a clear texture. You can change the texture using the Classes tab on the Window definition dialog, note which class is controlling the glass and then edit that class to apply a different texture - or apply a different class altogether.

Hope that helps

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Thanks guys! I found that I needed to select a window, choose settings in the object info palette, and go to Classes > Glazing > Glazing > Clear. I had to do this for each window. I asked tech support if there was a faster way to do this, such as "painting" the settings from one window to another, but this is not a current feature of Vectorworks.

Seems like this would be a pretty big issue - what if you wanted to change all the windows to have a different style of muntin or glazing, perhaps just to see what it would look like? It takes a long time to change each element individually...

Tom

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