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Issue with Adding Area - Not highlighting green

ahmadshabrawy_98 — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 19:57:10 GMT

I've been using AutoCAD 2021 on windows. when I use the Area command -> Add -> and start to select the shape (not object or polyline), it would always turn the selected boundary green to show what is being calculated but it won't show in my version so it is very difficult to know which boundaries I already selected for adding them up.

Note: in AutoCAD 2018 it was working proprly.

Re: Issue with Adding Area - Not highlighting green

pendean — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 20:07:44 GMT

Not doing it here: do you have the 2021.1 update installed? ABOUT command will confirm it.

In both 2018 and 2021 start OPTIONS command, go to the SEELCTION tab, then check that both PREVIEW and the VISUAL EFFECTS SETTINGS button pop-up have the same settings established.

Re: Issue with Adding Area - Not highlighting green

ahmadshabrawy_98 — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 09:31:54 GMT

Thank you for your Reply.
I already done the steps you mentioned
but it still not working
I dont know whay

Re: Issue with Adding Area - Not highlighting green

pendean — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 13:17:38 GMT

No, I meant this in OPTIONS

And this is how you grab screenshots in Windows 7/8/10 instead of your method https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13776/windows-use-snipping-tool-to-capture-screenshots

Re: Issue with Adding Area - Not highlighting green

ahmadshabrawy_98 — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:08:40 GMT

Unfortunately, the same problem exists as you see in the video.
The problem is when I press enter to select the second shape, the green highlighting of the first shape is disappeared.

Re: Issue with Adding Area - Not highlighting green

pendean — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:28:07 GMT

You are using the wrong command sequences.

AREA or MEASUREGEOM command, AREA option, ADD sub-option, then you click around the first area, hit <enter> once, then start clicking on the second area and so on, the green areas remain highlighted until you end this running command.

Re: Issue with Adding Area - Not highlighting green

ahmadshabrawy_98 — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 16:06:33 GMT

this option is working when the areas are polyline or region, but when I have two exploded squares for example and trying to calculate their area, the green highlighting disappears when I finish the first square and press enter to add the area of the other square.

Re: Issue with Adding Area - Not highlighting green

pendean — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:48:54 GMT

Nope, works fine anywhere here , see before

And after

Just as I described it.

Re: Issue with Adding Area - Not highlighting green

ahmadshabrawy_98 — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 20:27:17 GMT

Sorry for disturb
can you make a small video describing the way you have done it?

in the video, I have already done what you are mentioned but no way

Re: Issue with Adding Area - Not highlighting green

pendean — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 21:36:06 GMT

Start GRAPHICSCONFIG command, then turn off hardware acceleration: does that help?

I cannot repeat the example in your latest video in R2021.1 in Win10 here.

Re: Issue with Adding Area - Not highlighting green

ahmadshabrawy_98 — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:34:32 GMT

Unfortunately no 😢

Re: Issue with Adding Area - Not highlighting green

pendean — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 13:07:27 GMT

Have you reset or reinstalled 2021 yet? Do it, but this time totally avoid migrating any content from any older version and test.

Re: Issue with Adding Area - Not highlighting green

ayush_shah00001 — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 16:06:46 GMT

As well, I am experiencing the same issue. Previously, it worked properly, but over the past couple of days, it has been experiencing some issues and this problem has begun to occur.

Re: Issue with Adding Area - Not highlighting green

pendean — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 16:29:44 GMT

@ayush_shah00001 wrote:
...Previously, it worked properly, but over the past couple of days...

Have you had a chance to restart your PC yet?

Then RESET of your AUTOCAD may be needed https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-to-reset-AutoCAD-to-defaults.html