Silhouettes
You can select the silhouette edge of a rounded surface, such as a cylinder.
To set
silhouette edge visibility, click Options
(Standard toolbar) or Tools, Options, and select Display/Selection,
Dynamic highlight from graphics view.
Silhouette edges are included in box-select operations.
To select
a silhouette edge:
Open a
sketch on a model face, plane, or in an active drawing view.
Select
one of the tools:
Convert Entities
![](../art_tools/Tool_Convert_Entities_Sketch.gif)
Offset Entities
![](../art_tools/Tool_Offset_Entities_Sketch.gif)
Smart
Dimensions ![](../art_tools/Tool_Smart_Dimensions_Relations.gif)
Add
Relations ![](../art_tools/Tool_Add_Relation_Dimensions_Relations.gif)
Move the
pointer over a cylindrical face until the pointer changes to ![](../art_otherUI/pointer_silhouette_edge.gif)
![](../art/silhouette_edge.gif)
Select
the highlighted edge.