Mouse over transparent hatch

Ben_
Ben_
in BricsCAD BIM

Hi All,

After upgrading to V25 transparent hatches now jump to 0 transparency on either mouse over the hatch directly, or on mouse over a block containing a transparent hatch. We use a lot of transparent hatches for some plans, so now I get a strobing effect when navigating through model space.

I do still want selection preview to be on, it's just the auto hatch transparency changing on mouse over that I'd prefer not to have.

Thanks for the help.

Screen Recording 2025-06-04 081631.mp4

Comments

  • Patricia
    Patricia

    Hello,

    In BricsCAD V25.2.01 was introduced the HIGHLIGHT_ALPHA system variable which allows the user to customize the highlight level.

    https://help.bricsys.com/en-us/document/system-variable-reference/h/highlight_alpha-system-variable?version=V25&id=173228019311

  • Ben_
    Ben_

    Hi Patricia,

    Thanks for getting back to me. Is there any way to just turn off the hatch highlight altogether or essentially make HIGHLIGHT_ALPHA use whatever the existing transparency is?

    We use a range of transparency values, so if I set to HIGHLIGHT_ALPHA to 50, it'll remove the flashing for anything set to transparency 50, but will still make any other transparency value flash. I've tried setting HIGHLIGHT to off but that doesn't remove the hatch highlighting / strobing effect.

    Thank you!