Changing Edge Display Options

  1. Click Edges in the Style group on the Display tab.
  2. Select any combination of the following options:
    The examples below show each option disabled and then enabled.
    • Tangent: Display lines indicating tangent edges and edges that do not span a face.
    • Surface: Display all edges on surfaces.
    • Solid: Display all non-tangent edges on a solid.
    • Silhouette: Display the lines that indicate the silhouetted edges of all curved surfaces. This option affects only Wireframe, Hidden Line, and Hidden Line Removed graphics styles.
    • Mesh: Display facet edges on an STL model. You can toggle the display of internal mesh edges and open meshes edges on boundaries. You can sketch on the mesh object and your sketch tools will snap to the facets.
    • Soft: Display the soft edges of imported SketchUp models. This option is ON by default.