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title: "Change Opacity Settings"
slug: "change-opacity-settings"
updated: 2026-07-17T20:42:52Z
published: 2026-07-17T20:42:52Z
canonical: "support.beast-code.com/change-opacity-settings"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.beast-code.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Change Opacity Settings

Changing the opacity percentage in the Beast Core 6 3D Viewer Settings plugin allows you to customize the look of loaded 3D Models to suit your viewing purposes.

## How to Change Opacity Settings

1. Load your desired Component Groups on the 3D Viewer Settings → **Groups** tab.

> [!NOTE]
> NOTE
> 
> See the [Load Your Workspace](/beast-core/docs/load-your-workspace) article for additional information.
2. Left click the **color palette** icon next to name of the loaded system you want to modify.![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Screenshot 2026-07-17 110313(1).png)

1. The current Opacity percentage displays in the **color picker** menu:
  - Numerically - In the editable percentage textbox
    - Defaults to ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-52P4G83F.png)
  - Positionally - As a white circle on the opacity slider

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Screenshot 2026-07-17 144933.png)
2. To change the opacity percentage, either:
  - Left click inside the editable numerical percentage ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Screenshot 2026-07-17 152655.png) textbox, then:
    - Use the backspace key to erase the current percentage, then manually enter a desired percentage
  - Or left click and drag the opacity slider to the desired percentage
    - The percentage dynamically changes in the numerical textbox when you release the mouse

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Opacity_Slider.gif)

## When to Change Opacity Settings

1. To view loaded 3D Models of systems and components in the context of their environment:
  - Ensure the Hull is one of the loaded items on the 3D Viewer Settings → **Groups** tab
  - Change the loaded hull opacity to ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-GCXN7HHY.png) (or less)
2. To select (highlight) components in a 3D Model to learn more about them:
  - Leave all loaded systems (excluding the hull) at the default ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-QJRNMN1I.png) opacity

> [!NOTE]
> NOTE
> 
> Modeled components in systems set to **less than 100%** opacity are *not* selectable.
3. To see behind, around, beyond, or within certain modeled components:
  - Ensure your desired systems are loaded on the 3D Viewer Settings → **Groups** tab
  - Reduce the opacity of each relevant system individually by:
    - Left clicking the **color palette** ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Screenshot 2025-07-30 124025.png) icon beside each system that needs an opacity change
    - Setting your desired opacity percentage in each system’s pop-up color picker window
  - Use your mouse and keyboard controls to navigate within the 3D Model

> [!NOTE]
> NOTE
> 
> Reset a system’s opacity percentage to **100%** to make its components selectable again.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/3D_Viewer_Gif49.gif)

A group of components, controls, and other equipment that collectively form a function (e.g., power, cooling)

Visibly solid; lacking transparency. By default, the 3D Viewer displays 3D Models as solid-looking objects with 100% opacity. Users can adjust the opacity percentage for the Hull *and* components in Beast Core v.6 or for the Hull only in Beast Core v.4.

A three dimensional representation of a real-life object. It could be a room, a component, a tool, etc.

A term that describes the container that houses a user's virtual workspace (e.g., a warehouse structure, the outer framework of a ship or car).