Highlighting
Items in the graphics area are highlighted when you select them, or
dynamically highlighted when you move the pointer over them.
You can set the colors for selected items, dynamic highlighting, and
other user interface items in Tools,
Options, System
Options, Colors.
Selected Items
How selected items highlight depends on color settings, the display
style you choose, and whether RealView is active.
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RealView, shaded |
RealView off, shaded |
RealView off, hidden lines removed |
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Selected edges highlight as luminescent lines. |
Selected edges highlight as thick solid lines. |
Selected edges highlight as thick solid lines. |
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Selected faces highlight as a luminescent solid color. |
Selected faces highlight as
a solid color. |
Edges of selected faces highlight as thin solid lines. |
Dynamic Highlighting
When you move the pointer over
an edge or a face, edges highlight as thick solid lines; edges of faces
highlight as thin solid lines. RealView does not affect dynamic shading.
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Edges highlight as thick
solid lines. |
Edges of faces highlight as thin solid lines. |
Edges of faces highlight as
solid lines. |
In drawings,
edges dynamically highlight as thin phantom lines, and edges of
faces dynamically highlight as thin dashed lines.
To control dynamic highlighting, click Tools,
Options, System
Options, Display/Selection
and select or clear Dynamic highlight
from graphics view.
Highlighting Cues
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Geometric relations such as endpoints,
midpoints, and vertices highlight when the pointer approaches them, then
change color when the pointer is poised to select them. |
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The midpoint highlights and the pointer shows that a coincident
relation  is possible at its current position. |
The midpoint has changed color and the pointer shows that
it recognizes the midpoint  . |