# How to disable vtkBillboardTextActor3D occlusion?

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-disable-vtkbillboardtextactor3d-occlusion/5816
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 19, 2021, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-disable-vtkbillboardtextactor3d-occlusion/5816 "2021-05-19T11:43:12Z")
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### Author: ![JAHDv](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/jahdv/32/3425_2.png) [@JAHDv](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/JAHDv)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2021, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-disable-vtkbillboardtextactor3d-occlusion/5816/1 "2021-05-19T11:43:12Z")

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Hi, I need to use this object for text rendering and I can’t switch to another one. How could I force the labels to always be displayed in front of the 3D model?

Thank you very much in advance