When selecting entities the highlight is missing and only grip points are appearing
When there is an issue with highlighting not appearing on selected items, first check all of the settings that relate to the highlighting.
Options exist within the AutoCAD Options to control highlighting:
Additionally, try typing the SELECTIONEFFECT command within the command line and making sure the setting is set to 1.
If the SELECTIONEFFECT option is set to 1 and all selection options are set to ON, please ensure that the correct graphics card is being used. This can be set using the following article: https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-to-force-your-laptop-to-Run-with-Graphics-Processor-vs-the-default-Integrated-Graphics-for-InfraWorks.html
Additionally, make sure that graphics acceleration is turned ON. This can be accomplished by following the instructions in this article: https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-to-enable-or-disable-hardware-acceleration-in-AutoCAD.html#:~:text=Enter%20the%203DCONFIG%20command%20and,turn%20it%20off%20or%20on.
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