The first and most common type of shading used in U.S. design patents is opaque shading, which illustrates a non-transparent or non-translucent surface of an article of manufacture.

"For example, it could allow a designer to place a physical object into a digital reality and test how changes to the object would look." Computed tomography (CT) scans are one modality for digitizing ...

By Ben Coxworth April 20, 2023 An illustration depicting how the translucent bricks might be used in a load-bearing wall Empa View 4 Images View gallery - 4 images ...

The clip presents some examples of reflective objects, which cause light to ‘bounce off’ them. The commentary introduces some key vocabulary: ‘transparent’, ‘opaque’ and ‘reflective’.

A group of researchers from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm has developed Optically Transparent Wood (TW), a new material that could greatly impact the way we develop our ...