
Conditional Deselection – Deselecting keeps you in the same Selection mode, unless there is no selection. Selected – Color for highlighting of items which are already selected. Unselected – Color for highlighting of items which are not yet selected. Objects – Switch on highlighting for Objects (in addition to Face, Edge,Vertex). Highlighting – Change how mouse-over highlighting is normally displayed. Draw Anti-Aliased Edges – Toggle anti-aliasing for smoothing the display of edges.
Hard Edge Width – Width in pixels of hard edges. Selected Width – Width in pixels of selected edges. Unselected Width – Width in pixels of unselected edges. Edge Display – Change how edges are normally displayed. Magnet Mask – Color of magnet mask vertices (including transparency). Unselected Vertices – Color of unselected vertices. Magnet Mask Vertex Size – Size in pixels of magnet mask vertices. Selected Size – Size in pixels of selected vertices. Unselected Size – Size in pixels of unselected vertices (0.0 = not shown). Vertex Display – Change how vertices are normally displayed. Select the color you want to change with LMB and the Choose Color dialog box appears. for Selection Color from Dark Red to a brighter color to enhance the visibility of selected items, or the Grid Color to something other than Dark Grey. You may want to change the various color settings, e.g. The Preferences dialog box opens at the General menu tab, and there are blocks of related options on each menu tab, as shown in the screen shots below.
Some color options also provide a control for Alpha channel transparency.
Alternatively, use the color picker by moving the cursor out of the Choose Color dialog box and select an existing color, for example from the Palette window, with the eyedropper cursor. You can set the color using either RGB or HSV methods by entering the numeric values or by moving the sliders. The Choose Color dialog opens when a color option is changed. To save all the changes to your preferences click on the OK button in the main dialog box or, to abandon your changes, click the Cancel button. When in the Preferences dialog you can click or Tab from field to field to change your preference settings, and turn on/off toggles with the mouse. There are many settings, ranging from altering the display colors to controlling the responsiveness of your mouse. You can bring up the Wings 3D Preferences dialog box by selecting from the Main menu, or by clicking the Preferences icon on the Toolbar. SETTING WINGS 3D PREFERENCES Introduction