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The key to rendering transparent objects is setting up the room or environment.
This PTC Creo model of a wine glass has an HDRI image applied as an environment.
A YouTube video by Huu Huynh explains how to apply HDRI images in PTC Creo.
Take a look at this video from Huu on modelling a cut glass pattern.