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.