The following options are available in the Contact browser context menu:
Review |
Highlights the slave and master surfaces in two different colors, while the rest of the model is transparent and gray. |
Show |
Displays the contact's master and slave surfaces in their assigned colors. The rest of the model display is left unchanged. |
Hide |
Turns off the display the contact's surfaces. The rest of the model display is left unchanged. |
Isolate Only |
Fits the selected contact to the graphics area, and displays the slave and master bodies in two different colors. The rest of the model is turned off. |
Swap Master-Slave |
Switches the contact surfaces identified as master and slave. Upon selecting Swap Master-Slave, the surfaces switch from places in the master to slave positions in the browser. To select multiple entities, left-click entities while pressing CTRL. |
Swap Cp-Tie |
Changes the type of interface created. A surface interaction is required for Contact Pairs but not for a Tie, therefore any surface interaction identified earlier will be lost upon swapping from CP to TIE. If you switch back from TIE to CP, the surface interaction will not be retained. |
Reverse Normals |
Flips all the normals of selected elements or surfaces. |
Display Normals |
Displays the normals of selected elements or surfaces as vectors or in color mode. |
Display Base Element Normals |
Displays the normals for parent elements of the surface. |
Normals Off |
Turns off normals if they are displayed. |