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how to turn on neon effects for selected feature or dimension lines

  • December 28, 2016
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As captured picture below, how can I turn on neon effects for selected feature or dimension lines?

Thank you.

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    Best answer by wchegal

    You can turn on this option by inserting the following line in config.pro

    enable_selection_glow yes

    Thanks to James Lim in Digitek for giving this tip to me.

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    wchegal1-VisitorAuthor
    1-Visitor
    December 28, 2016

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    TomD.inPDX17-Peridot
    17-Peridot
    December 28, 2016

    Interesting... we have neon? 

    Dale_Rosema
    23-Emerald III
    Dale_Rosema23-Emerald III
    23-Emerald III
    December 28, 2016

    Highlighted? (translation?)

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    wchegal1-VisitorAuthorAnswer
    1-Visitor
    December 29, 2016

    You can turn on this option by inserting the following line in config.pro

    enable_selection_glow yes

    Thanks to James Lim in Digitek for giving this tip to me.

      Patriot_1776
      Patriot_177622-Sapphire II
      22-Sapphire II
      December 29, 2016

      Interesting, I'm on creo 3 and that option doesn't show up

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      wchegal1-VisitorAuthor
      1-Visitor
      December 29, 2016

      It is a hidden option. Just type it in your config.pro with text editor.

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        dgschaefer21-Topaz II
        21-Topaz II
        December 29, 2016

        Works in Creo 2 as well, at least in M230.  Not sure how I feel about it, but I'm going to give it a shot.

          Patriot_1776
          Patriot_177622-Sapphire II
          22-Sapphire II
          December 29, 2016

          I haven't used it much yet, but am liking it.  These old eyes need a little more highlight.

          I posted all this here at work for all the ex-SW users now using Pro/E, maybe that will eliminate SOME of the whining.... 

            Patriot_1776
            Patriot_177622-Sapphire II
            22-Sapphire II
            December 29, 2016

            Ok, so, I wasn't able to see any change in drawing mode, though it was a quick check.  where I think I like it the most, is in sketcher mode.  It REALLY highlights constraints, sketched entities, and other objects well.  Again, just a quick test in sketcher, but I think I like this setting!

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            mcestnik14-Alexandrite
            14-Alexandrite
            December 30, 2016

            For those that are using neon effect here are some extra neon display control options:

            glow_blur_radius     1

            glow_blur_sigma     internal

            glow_blur_type        internal

            glow_line_width      2

            Patriot_1776
            Patriot_177622-Sapphire II
            22-Sapphire II
            December 30, 2016

            The problem with hidden configs, is that there is no explanation as to what they do.  I tried the above configs, and didn't like them.

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            ckeller1-Visitor
            1-Visitor
            December 30, 2016

            glow_blur_type:

            • 1 fading glow, further from line, less intense
            • -1 flat glow, more like a wide-transparent flat line behind selected object  (my preference now)

            glow_blur_radius:

            • width of the blur, but is dependent on the glow_line_width

            glow_line_width:

            • width of the base highlight line that is blurred.  when blur-radius = 1 the selection will be wide and opaque.  when blur-radius larger, the glow-line will be more transparent but the wider the line_width the more opaque the highlight appears.

            glow_blur_sigma:

            • [edit] default value was 6.3.
            • 0 gives no highlight
            • 1 barely any glow, only a thicker line
            • 3 starts to show a glow
            • 6 default look
            • 12 getting toward a more flat look
            • 24+ gives same basic effect to the glow_blur_type -1

            sigma adjustment from 0-24+

            2016-12-30_08h27_29.gif

            Some examples of different values when changed.  Also note, I have my "selection color" set to a neon green because the magenta selection color is not as "highlighty" to my taste.

            2016-12-30_07h59_24.png

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            2016-12-30_08h01_34.png

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            2016-12-30_08h06_22.png

            2016-12-30_08h05_18.png

            2016-12-30_08h06_57.png

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