+10I would like to be able to change the default fill opacity in DI i.e. set it like a preset, or to be able to set it for more than one layer simultaneously.
I spend lots of time changing the fill opacity in order to see through a layer or to find out if there is overlapping.
Frankly said, I don't know when I really need 100% fill opacity ever.
That said the simplest solution would be to change the default fill opacity permanently to 50%
I suspect a default fill opacity other than 100% would be detrimental to performance, but it would be interesting to hear Safe's take on it.
+21Actually there wouldn't be a performance hit as the GPU does all the goodness for us anyway.
This is a very interesting idea and I'll ask the team to consider it.
+46I'm still waiting for an option to set an opacity in the inspector parameters. You could then set your inspectors to 50% as a default
+2+21Okay, @mhab, I'm pleased to advise that the latest FME 2017.1 beta has this in it.
From the changelog:
-------------------------- FME 2017.1 b17507 20170612 -------------------------- DI: 2D: Set the default area fill transparency to 30% instead of 100%. (PR#78038)
As for the inspector transformers -- not ideal, but I did just find that if I set the fill color in an inspector transformer, I can then additionally add the transparency I want to it. As in: 1,0,1,0.3 -- I just typed a ",0.3" after whatever the color was and it works. We can make this nicer but short term it is a workaround @egomm & @mark_1spatial
+10Wow, this is a fast reaction.
It is so encouraging to be part of the FME community.
Thanks
Michael
+10Now 2017.1 is released and I find the default setting for transparent filling even more useful than I had in mind. I only thought of multiple overlapping polygons. Now the relative ordering of layers in DI doesn't matter so much anymore as I can always see points etc. through filled areas.
