Button

Action

Options: opens the Options window, which controls options for the penetration checking and fixing tools.

View Mode: Highlight Failed Elements. This default option highlights any elements that caused penetration or intersection when you select a component in the tree view.

View Mode: Review Failed Elements. This option makes all elements transparent (wireframe) except for the interacting elements of the component that you click in the tree view—those elements display in solid color.

View Mode: Penetration Contour. This option displays a color gradient of the penetrating elements in the selected component, which indicates the severity (degree) of penetration for the interacting elements.  This mode is not available for intersections because their depth cannot be determined.

View Mode: Penetration Vectors. This mode display individual vectors for each penetrating element in the component that you click in the tree control.  These vectors indicate the direction and depth of penetration for both the selected comp and its interacting comps.  This mode is not available for intersections because their depth cannot be determined.

Fit View to Failed Elements: Click this button always fit the failed elements to the display.  In large models, this can be very helpful in finding and viewing small areas of minor penetration. Note that this is a "mode" button, not a command button; while it’s active, the view automatically fits to the penetrating elements of any component that you click in the tree list.  Click the button again to deactivate this "fit" mode.

Mask controls: Display all elements. This button unmasks all elements in the model (but not other masked entities such as model geometry).

Mask controls: Interacting Components. This button masks everything in the model except for components with penetrations or intersections.  Note that this only applies to comps for which you have run the current penetration check; other comps may be interacting, but if you have not run a check on them they do not appear as interacting, and they will be masked.

Mask controls: Display Only Failed Elements. This button masks everything in the model (including the interacting components) except for the specific elements that penetrate or intersect.