You can adjust the display of workspace tools and the display of your design in the Design window using the Show drop-down list of tools in the Display ribbon group on the Display tab, and by modifying DesignSpark Mechanical options.
To customize the tools displayed while you are working with your design
DesignSpark Mechanical offers the following tools on the Show ribbon group on the Display tab to assist you while creating, editing, and detailing your designs:
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Check the World Origin box to display the axes that set the default orientation of the design in the Design window.
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Check the Spin Center box to mark the center of the spin when using the Spin tool. (This is the same as the Show Spin Center DesignSpark Mechanical option.)
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Check the Lineweight box to switch the line style of lines (such as those displayed in Hidden Line, Hidden Line Removed, and Wireframe graphics styles) from thin to the thickness set by the Lineweight tool in the Style ribbon group.
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Check the Face Highlight box to enable pre-highlighting of faces.
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Check the Face Spotlight box to show a spotlight attached to the cursor when passing over faces.
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Check the Adjacent Entities box to display faint highlighting on adjacent faces when you hover over an edge and on adjacent edges when you hover over a vertex. Scrolling the mouse wheel switches between adjacent entities. This feature is useful in selecting the correct edge or face to extrude.
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Check the Layout Lines box to display sketch curves on layout planes.
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Check the Offset Baseline Faces box to display offset relationships with blue shading.
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Check the Standard Holes box display Standard Holes in blue. When unchecked, Standard Hole faces display in the normal face color.
To display other workspace tools, modify the settings in the Popular DesignSpark Mechanical options.
You can also display journal-related tools by checking the Show Journal Tab option in the Popular DesignSpark Mechanical options.
Examples
Hovering over an edge with Adjacent Entities highlights the faces shared by the edge