# Fixing translucent orbital surfaces

**URL:** <https://discuss.avogadro.cc/t/fixing-translucent-orbital-surfaces/6879>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [March 28, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/t/fixing-translucent-orbital-surfaces/6879 "2025-03-28T21:01:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![matterhorn103](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/user_avatar/discuss.avogadro.cc/matterhorn103/32/1751_2.png) [@matterhorn103](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/u/matterhorn103)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/t/fixing-translucent-orbital-surfaces/6879/5 "2025-04-06T14:23:04Z")

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There is also a peculiar jump from 99% opacity:

 ![image](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/uploads/default/original/2X/2/2f7a4e3021779a44ee9f3c5ce3799b4f93e3fadd.png)

to 100%:

 ![image](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/uploads/default/original/2X/8/870f6fac849a8c98f76ba80c54cdc021961a3100.png)

The exterior surface of the blue phase is suddenly rendered, but the lighting directions are suddenly inverted. They are inverted for both phases, with the result that they are still inconsistent between the phases, but now it’s the red phase that is wrong…

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