From 993a5a6ac97c99334403d2be68ac123a58f773e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roy-043 <70520633+Roy-043@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2025 19:17:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] BIM: fix transparency of windows

---
 src/Mod/BIM/ArchWindow.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Mod/BIM/ArchWindow.py b/src/Mod/BIM/ArchWindow.py
index 6f30f0567c..f04fff0192 100644
--- a/src/Mod/BIM/ArchWindow.py
+++ b/src/Mod/BIM/ArchWindow.py
@@ -877,6 +877,7 @@ class _ViewProviderWindow(ArchComponent.ViewProviderComponent):
             if color is None:
                 sapp_mat = base_sapp_mat
             else:
+                # color is an RGBA tuple (0.0-1.0)
                 sapp_mat = FreeCAD.Material()  # ShapeAppearance material with default v0.21 properties.
                 sapp_mat.DiffuseColor = color[:3] + (1.0, )
                 sapp_mat.Transparency = 1.0 - color[3]
@@ -895,6 +896,8 @@ class _ViewProviderWindow(ArchComponent.ViewProviderComponent):
 
     def getSolidMaterial(self,obj,arch_mat,name,mtype=None):
 
+        """returns an RGBA tuple of floats (0.0 - 1.0)"""
+
         color = None
         if arch_mat is not None and hasattr(arch_mat,"Materials") and arch_mat.Names:
             mat = None
@@ -908,7 +911,7 @@ class _ViewProviderWindow(ArchComponent.ViewProviderComponent):
                         color = tuple([float(f) for f in mat.Material['DiffuseColor'].strip("()").split(",")])
                 if color and ('Transparency' in mat.Material):
                     t = float(mat.Material['Transparency'])/100.0
-                    color = color[:3] + (t, )
+                    color = color[:3] + (1.0-t, )
         return color
 
     def getHingeEdgeIndices(self):