When you are selecting objects from the viewport and you stop
moving the cursor,
Abaqus/CAE
highlights the object that would be selected at the cursor position.
This behavior, called preselection, allows you to
see exactly which object would be selected before you make the selection. If
the current selection options make more than one object available,
Abaqus/CAE
changes the cursor, adding ellipsis marks (...) to the right of the arrow, and
highlights all the possible selections. The position and type filtering that
you choose for selection also applies to preselection.
Toggle off the Allow Preselection During Picking tool
in the Selection toolbar to turn off
preselection highlighting for procedures in the current session. This tool is
toggled on by default.
Note:
Preselection highlighting may be delayed for large models; toggling off
preselection may improve the display speed.