More about Visible Elements  

This section provides the information you need when working with visible elements.
The following topics are discussed:

Visualize the Icons  
  The visualization of the three view and selection icons can either be on the same icon cyclically or in an expandable separate toolbar. This depends on the option chosen in Tools > Options > Shape > Imagine & Shape > General tab, Command Options Menu Mode area.

Here is an example with the expandable toolbar:
 

Visualize Hidden Edges

 
  • If Show hidden lines in dashed lines option is cleared, hidden lines are displayed with the same settings as the base mesh elements defined in Tools > Options > Shape > Imagine & Shape > Display tab, Base Mesh area. Depending on the different states of View and Selection mode command, the subdivision surface is as seen:
All/All
All/Front
Front/Front
  • In some case, it may happen that some edges are seen though they are behind the face. This is because the surface has such faces with the normal directed towards you and not towards the back of the screen as it is in most of the cases.
  • If the All Elements Selection  icon is activated, only pickable elements will be selected (not grayed out elements), provided the View All and Selection Front  or View and Selection Front modes are activated.
  • Hidden edges cannot be selected when the View and Selection Front and View All and Selection Front modes are activated and they become grayed out (i.e. with low luminosity).
  • Activating any of these icons does not change the current selection.
 

Case of Planar Surfaces

   
  When the View and Selection Front mode is activated, the mesh surface and the geometry may be confused.
As a result, no difference may be visible between the View All and Selection Front and View and Selection Front modes.
  • View and Selection All
  • View All and Selection Front and View and Selection Front