Visual Effect Settings Dialog Box

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

Displays the Advanced Preview Options dialog box.

Selection Area Effect

Controls the appearance of selection areas during selection preview.

Preview Area

Displays the effect of the current settings.

Indicate Selection Area

Controls the display of effects for selection areas.

(SELECTIONAREA system variable)

Window Selection Color

Controls the color of the transparent selection area during window selection.

(WINDOWAREACOLOR system variable)

Crossing Selection Color

Controls the color of the selection area during crossing selection.

(CROSSINGAREACOLOR system variable)

Selection Area Opacity

Controls the transparency of the selection area during window and crossing selection.

(SELECTIONAREAOPACITY system variable)