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Automatically updates fields when the file is regenerated.
Visual Effect Settings Dialog Box
Quick Reference
See also:
■ Set Up the Drawing Area
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)
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