Gizmo Settings

The Gizmos panel in Render Properties holds every switch for what Chisel draws over the viewport, in five groups: Tape Tree, Outlines and Origins, Modifiers, Shapes and Arcs. It is closed by default and shows only while the render engine is Chisel.

Render Properties ▸ Gizmos with its five groups

The groups match the Chisel Gizmos drop-down on the Chisel tool’s header (Tool bar switches), and a group’s header checkbox is the same switch as its tool bar icon: unticked, every family inside is hidden and its sub-panels are greyed out. The Active Object and Chisel Tool gates are only here.

Visibility gates

Every family except the Tape tree has two checkboxes under Gate On. A family draws only when both of its ticked gates are met:

Active Object	Chisel Tool	Family draws when
off	off	always
off	on	the Chisel tool is active
on	off	Blender’s Show Gizmo ▸ Active Object is on
on	on	both of the above

Arcs has both gates on by default; every other family has only Chisel Tool on.

Tape Tree

The header checkbox shows or hides the Tape tree, the scene’s stacks drawn as text in the top left of the viewport. It has no gates.

Outlines and Origins

the Cutter Wires and Dots sub-panels

Control	Default	What it does
Outlines and Origins (header checkbox)	on	Shows or hides both families below
Cutter Wires (sub-panel)		The cutter outlines on every visible shape that does not render
Gate On: Active Object	off	See Visibility gates
Gate On: Chisel Tool	on	See Visibility gates
Show: Cutter Wires	on	The outlines themselves
Style	Outline	Outline: the silhouette as seen from the view. Wire: every edge of a simple wire, the far side included
Dots (sub-panel)		Target dots at each modifier target’s origin
Gate On: Active Object, Chisel Tool	off, on	As above, for the dots
Show	Off	Active: the active shape’s targets, while it is also selected. Selected: every selected shape’s targets. Off: no dots
Hidden Objects	on	Keep a dot on targets hidden in the viewport (`H`, Veil, Disable in Viewports, a hidden collection, outside the local view). Greyed out while Show is Off

Modifiers

the Modifiers group with the Bisect sub-panel open

Control	Default	What it does
Modifiers (header checkbox)	on	Shows or hides every modifier family below
Bisect (sub-panel)		The Bisect handles
Gate On: Active Object, Chisel Tool	off, on	See Visibility gates
Show: Bisect Gizmo	on	The arrow on every cutting plane, and the three parts below
Blend Handles	on	The orange dot beside each plane (the cut-edge blend) and the one off every fence corner
Fence Points	on	A dot on every point of a fence, and the green dots that add a point
Tilt Handles	on	The two white rings that tilt a single plane
Array (sub-panel)		Gates, then Array Gizmo: the Array handles
Bend (sub-panel)		Gates, then Bend Gizmo: the Bend handles
Twist (sub-panel)		Gates, then Twist Gizmo: the Twist handles
Solidify (sub-panel)		Gates, then Solidify Gizmo: the thickness dot
Sweep (sub-panel)		Gates, then Sweep Gizmo: the path handles
Lattice (sub-panel)		Gates, then Lattice Gizmo: the cage

Shapes

the Ngon and path shape sub-panels

Control	Default	What it does
Shapes (header checkbox)	on	Shows or hides both families below
Ngon (sub-panel)		The Ngon handles
Gate On: Active Object, Chisel Tool	off, on	See Visibility gates
Show	Selected	Active: the active Ngon, while it is also selected. Selected: every selected Ngon. Off: none
Rounding Handles	on	The orange handle beside each corner
Edge Add Dots	on	The green dot at an edge’s middle when the cursor comes near
Tube, Lathe, Outline, Rail (sub-panel)		The handles of the path shapes
Gate On: Active Object, Chisel Tool	off, on	See Visibility gates
Show: Path Handles	on	The parts below
Points	on	A dot on every point, the selected point’s two handles and the path’s line
Rounding Handles	on	The orange handle beside each Corner point
Add Dots	on	The green dots that add a point on a span or past an open end
Radius Rings	on	The ring round each point of a Tube or a Rail
Shape Handles	on	An Outline’s Depth dot, a Lathe’s angle dial and its Solid / Hollow button

Arcs

the Arcs sub-panel

The adjust arcs. No tool bar icon covers them.

Control	Default	What it does
Gate On: Active Object	on	See Visibility gates
Gate On: Chisel Tool	on	See Visibility gates
Bevel	on	The bevel arc (Prism, Trapezoid, Oblong, and every corner of an Ngon)
Rounding	on	The edge rounding arc
Blend	on	The blend of every modifier that uses the selection
Emboss Strength, Inner, Outer	on	The emboss depth arc and its two blend arcs
Engrave Strength, Inner, Outer	on	The engrave depth arc and its two blend arcs

The Carve offset arc has no switch of its own; it follows the two gates.