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.

Tooltip

Displays a tooltip for the actor under the mouse pointer.

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.
Highlight in the viewport invisible actors belonging to the selection Highlights invisible actors (that is, actors whose visibility is switched off) in the viewport, when they are selected (in the Assembly tree or using another method). Clear if you do not want invisible actors that are selected to appear highlighted in the viewport.

Notes:

  • The status of this option has no impact on the selection itself.
  • When an invisible actor is part of a custom hotspot that is enabled, this actor will remain highlighted in the viewport in all cases.

Gizmos

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

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