topic Re: Selection box not appearing in AutoCAD Forum

Selection box not appearing

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 07:37:51 GMT

Good morning,

Recently I have been getting the following issue more and more often. I have been using AutoCAD 2018 for MacBook for a long time but over the past few weeks it happens that I cannot see the selection box.

AutoCAD works perfectly and I am completely able to work on it normally, almost. When having to select something, the cursor works and the selected objects do get highlighted but I cannot see the limits of the selection box and it is actually quite irritating.

It is worth mentioning that this happens exclusively at the moment the software is started -- never after a while.

When this happens, I need to restart the computer. It usually starts working okay after that but it is already lost time.

Would you happen to know what could this be?

Is it a glitch of the software?

Screenshot - as you can see, the selected objects are highlighted but the limits of the selection box are not visible.

Re: Selection box not appearing

imadHabash — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 07:52:57 GMT

Hi,

>> I have been using AutoCAD 2018 for MacBook

i wonder what really you mean by selection box , we're here in AutoCAD ( plain ) forum ? you may need to ask here in this forum . AutoCAD for Mac Forum

All the best ...

Re: Selection box not appearing

ennujozlagam — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 07:56:47 GMT

you can try this go to options > selection > tick implied windowing and allow press and drag for lasso and see if helps. thanks

Re: Selection box not appearing

vinodkl — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 08:03:02 GMT

Hi,

Check if you have "3DCONFIG" enabled.

Re: Selection box not appearing

justin_zechmeister — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:06:12 GMT

I recently had this issue in 2026 CAD. I tried Ctrl+W to toggle selection cycling and that brought my selection box back. I also make sure PICKFIRST is set to 1.

Re: Selection box not appearing

manieshkumar.suresh — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:24:12 GMT

This issue could be related to graphics settings or corrupted user settings in AutoCAD for Mac. To resolve it, try the following steps:

1. Change the Graphic Engine setting to "OpenGL Core Profile":
- Open AutoCAD Preferences.
- Navigate to the General tab.
- Select "OpenGL" as the graphics engine.
- Fully close AutoCAD and reopen the application for changes to take effect.

2. Reset AutoCAD for Mac to default settings:
- Reset the program to eliminate any corrupted user settings.
- Avoid importing previously damaged settings, as this may reproduce the issue.