4 Replies Latest reply on Aug 23, 2017 7:54 AM by Johnny A.

I'm having trouble enabling the selection tool to highlight edges and points

Johnny A. Aug 22, 2017 8:02 AM

In solidworks version 2017 my selection tool won't highlight edges or points in assemblies as I roll the mouse over them. I've been digging through the help section and the options with nothing to show for the work.

Any help on this would be much appreciated.

Re: I'm having trouble enabling the selection tool to highlight edges and points

Bjorn Hulman Aug 22, 2017 8:46 AM (in response to Johnny A.)

Hi Johnny,
Go to system options>Display and turn on dynamic highlight
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  Johnny A. Aug 23, 2017 7:54 AM (in response to Bjorn Hulman)
  
  Perfect! This is exactly what I needed! Thanks!
  
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Re: I'm having trouble enabling the selection tool to highlight edges and points

Adam Hartles Aug 22, 2017 9:00 AM (in response to Johnny A.)

Johnny, check the status bar at the bottom of the screen if Bjorn's advice doesn't immediately fix. You may have "Large Assembly Mode" enabled. With this enabled it may disable the edge selection so you would firstly have to deactivate Large Assembly mode- do this near the bottom of the "Tools" menu.
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Re: I'm having trouble enabling the selection tool to highlight edges and points

Kevin Pymm Aug 22, 2017 9:30 AM (in response to Johnny A.)

Johnny,

Do you have any selection filters accidently turned on? Press F5 to bring up the tool bar to check.
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