Selection Highlight Properties Window

Use

You can use the Selection Highlight Properties window to highlight selected parts in the step. These parts can be highlighted in a custom color or opacity, and animated, so that they’re more visible when the step is playing.

Any objects or points that have an assigned highlight automatically display when activated in a step, regardless of whether the object is hidden for the step.

Features

Fields

Functional Description

Highlight Styles

Used to make selections and save as a new highlight style

  • Save: Saves the new highlight style

  • Delete: Deletes the highlight style

  • Use as Default: Uses the newly created highlight style as the default style.

  • Clear Default: Clears the default settings

Highlight Type

Assigns a specific type of highlight for the selected part

  • Static Highlight: The highlighted part is assigned the specified primary color and/or opacity, without animation.

  • One or Several Flashes: The highlighted part will flash (alternating between the primary and secondary highlight colors and/or opacities) for a given number of times or until you move to the next step.

  • Continuous Flash: The highlighted part will continually flash (alternating between the primary and secondary highlight colors and/or opacities), until you move to the next step.

  • Flashing: Used to assign the speed and frequency of the flashing animation to the highlighted part in the step.

    If you have selected Static Highlight as your Highlight Type, these fields aren’t available.

    • Cycles of: Used to assign the number of animation cycles (flashes).

    • Seconds: Used to assign an animations speed (the duration of a single flash) in seconds

    • Total Duration: Used to assign the full length of the animation flashes in seconds.

Highlight Colors

Assigns a specific color and/or opacity for the highlighted part.

  • Primary: Assigns a primary color and/or opacity for the highlighted part.

    • Color: Assigns a specific color for the highlighted part.
    • Opacity: Assigns a specific opacity for the highlighted part.
  • Secondary: Assigns a secondary color and/or opacity for the highlighted part.
    • Color: Assigns a specific color for the highlighted part.
    • Opacity: Assigns a specific opacity for the highlighted part.