Making part of an object invisible

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Hi all,

Is it possible to have a volume that would make objects inside of it invisible. So if I had a long cylinder and placed half of it in this volume then that half would be invisible and the half outside the volume would still be visible.

I have been looking around and found things like Cull Distance Volume and portals which allow you to look through but not place something half way through. I do not believe I can achieve the desired affect with these though.

Thanks

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depending on the shape you require of that volume the technique described in this video might be of use to you.

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Thank you very much. I believe I’ll be able to make this work.