Controls the appearance
of selection previewing.
Access Methods
Menu:
Tools
Options (Options dialog box, Selection tab)
Shortcut menu: Right-click
in the command window, or (with no commands active and no objects
selected) right-click in the drawing area, and click Options.
List of Options
The
following options are displayed.
Selection Preview Effect
Specifies the visual
effect used for previewing selection of objects. (PREVIEWEFFECT system variable)
- Preview Area
-
Displays the effect of
the current settings.
- Face Highlighting
-
Controls the face highlighting
setting.
- Texture Fill. Highlights
the face with texture fill effect.
- Line Highlighting
-
Controls the line highlighting
settings.
- Dash. Displays
dashed lines when the pickbox cursor rolls over an object. This selection
previewing indicates that the object would be selected if you clicked.
Dashed lines are the default display for selected objects. (PREVIEWEFFECT system variable
= 0)
- Thicken. Displays
thickened lines when the pickbox cursor rolls over an object. This selection
previewing indicates that the object would be selected if you clicked. (PREVIEWEFFECT system variable
= 1)
- Both. Displays
thickened, dashed lines when the pickbox cursor rolls over an object.
This selection previewing indicates that the object would be selected
if you clicked. (PREVIEWEFFECT system variable
= 2)
- Advanced Options
-
Selection Area Effect
-
Controls the appearance
of selection areas during selection preview.
- Preview Area
-
Displays the effect of
the current settings.
- Indicate Selection Area
-
- Window Selection Color
-
Controls the color of
the transparent selection area during window selection.
(WINDOWAREACOLOR system variable)
- Crossing Selection Color
-
- Selection Area Opacity
-
Controls the transparency
of the selection area during window and crossing selection.
(SELECTIONAREAOPACITY system variable)
