# Temporary transparency

**URL:** <https://community.qonic.com/t/temporary-transparency/279>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [June 17, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.qonic.com/t/temporary-transparency/279 "2026-06-17T13:47:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Johan\_De\_Cock](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/community.qonic.com/johan_de_cock/32/235_2.png) [@Johan\_De\_Cock](https://community.qonic.com/u/Johan_De_Cock)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.qonic.com/t/temporary-transparency/279/1 "2026-06-17T13:47:07Z")

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In some cases I like to have the ability to make certain elements transparent instead of hiding them. For example this beam:

![Transparant](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/qonic/original/1X/3a5de97dcd88fb1f9c5a9f73799fc61b45e1ccac.gif)

Hiding the beam doesn’t make it very clear that there is a clash. Making it transparent would make it very clear. And allow us to look at the situation from all sides.

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**Author:** ![Franz\_Madl](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/community.qonic.com/franz_madl/32/343_2.png) [@Franz\_Madl](https://community.qonic.com/u/Franz_Madl)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.qonic.com/t/temporary-transparency/279/2 "2026-09-30T21:38:55Z")

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Like Sketchup but also on Single Objects