Surface area gets highlighted

Bas Weinans

 hello,

i probably turned it off, but I do not know how I did it.

Last week I could hover over a closed area (not a square) and a the border got highlighted, a pop up menu showed up giving me the surface area of that figure. 

Now this is not happening anymore (only at squares).

Anybody an idea how to turn this on again?

Jason Bourhill

Check that ROLLOVERTIPS = 1. You can toggle this on/off by picking on 'RT' down in the status bar.

To detect boundaries SELECTIONMODES bit 4 must be on. This setting is changed automatically when you switch workspaces, and is turned off in the '2D drafting' workspace.

Regards,

Jason Bourhill

CAD Concepts

Bas Weinans

thank you for your reply

To detect boundaries SELECTIONMODES bit 4 must be on. This setting is changed automatically when you switch workspaces, and is turned off in the '2D drafting' workspace.

thank you this works. What does the other numbers do?

Louis_Verdonck

 Dear Bas

To find out what a system variable does, look it up in the Settings dialog (Tools > Settings). To quickly find the variable, type its name in the search field.

Bas Weinans

 got it! thank you

Bas Weinans

 strange, when I turn SELECTIONMODES to 4, it does not work anymore. The figure is closed. Anybody an idea?

Roy Klein Gebbinck

Perhaps the boundary is non-planar?

Louis_Verdonck

 Please notice boundaries are detected in the XY-plane of the current UCS only.