# Side to cut arrow

**URL:** <https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/side-to-cut-arrow/6243>\
**Category:** SW General\
**Created:** [April 15, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/side-to-cut-arrow/6243 "2026-04-15T13:20:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![J\_Hagan](https://forum.cadmunity.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/97f17d/32.png) [@J\_Hagan](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/J_Hagan)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/side-to-cut-arrow/6243/1 "2026-04-15T13:20:07Z")

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When doing a cut with surface or open contour, the arrow for side to cut is gray. Is there a setting to change the color or size to make it more visible?

 ![image](https://forum.cadmunity.com/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f6971e7fe003065823812e91d9b15584732d1ca4.png)

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**Author:** ![JimSculley](https://forum.cadmunity.com/user_avatar/forum.cadmunity.com/jimsculley/32/5190_2.png) [@JimSculley](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/JimSculley)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/side-to-cut-arrow/6243/2 "2026-04-15T14:10:58Z")

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For some bizarre reason, that color is tied to the ‘Inactive Entities’ item in System Colors:

 ![image](https://forum.cadmunity.com/uploads/default/original/2X/5/53798eeb0d261ed6c14d1fef8188741f518280cb.png)

 ![image](https://forum.cadmunity.com/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f9097c313f8ffc994e04c8fe1bee4bb398d38e5d.png)

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**Author:** ![J\_Hagan](https://forum.cadmunity.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/97f17d/32.png) [@J\_Hagan](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/J_Hagan)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/side-to-cut-arrow/6243/3 "2026-04-15T14:29:49Z")

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Awesome, Thank-you.

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**Author:** ![JimSculley](https://forum.cadmunity.com/user_avatar/forum.cadmunity.com/jimsculley/32/5190_2.png) [@JimSculley](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/JimSculley)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/side-to-cut-arrow/6243/4 "2026-04-15T14:32:44Z")

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Be aware that ‘Inactive Entities’ affects a bunch of other stuff, such as entities on drawing sheet formats, so unless you want hot pink drawing borders, choose your Inactive Entities color carefully.