Selection

The Selection page lets you set preferences for actor highlighting and selection behavior.

The following topics are discussed:

General

Customize general selection preferences.

Option Description
Highlighting

Highlights the actor under the mouse pointer to help you select the right actor. Highlighting is also known as preselection and previsualization.

Disabled Enabled

Tooltip

Displays a tooltip for the actor under the mouse pointer.

Disabled Enabled

Show hidden edges

Displays hidden edges when an actor is highlighted or selected.

Disabled Enabled

Note: Hidden-edge highlighting requires that Composer has calculated outlines for you model. If hidden edges do not appear, select a render mode with outlines, such as Smooth with Outlines, and then restore your previous render mode.

Mouse sensitivity Specifies how reactive Highlighting and ToolTip are to mouse movement.
Follow viewport selection changes in the tree view Selects actors in the Assembly or Collaboration pane when selected in the viewport, scrolling the tree view as needed.
Intensity

Specifies the amount of highlighting and selection shading.

Medium High

Gizmos

Gizmos are graphic objects that lets you manipulate actors in 3D.

For more information, see About Gizmos.

Option Description
Gizmos Displays gizmos on actors when performing transformations.
Gizmo size Specifies the gizmo size.