There are two levels of controls for showing or hiding constraints:
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You must first add the desired constraints to a display group for them
to be visible in the viewport. You can create and edit display groups to
include or exclude different constraints. See
Creating or editing a display group,
for more information about display groups.
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Different types of constraints can be selected or hidden in the
Constraints tab of the ODB Display
Options dialog box.
From the main menu bar, select
to access these options.
The following types of constraints can be displayed or hidden:
Note:
These types of constraints are created in the
Interaction module,
not the
Assembly module.
See
Understanding constraints
for more information.
Table 1
shows how each type of constraint is displayed by
Abaqus/CAE.
Table 1. How constraints are shown in the viewport.
Constraint type
|
Display in viewport
|
Tie
|
Spidering of red lines drawn between the nodes on the main and secondary surfaces of the
constraint. |
Rigid body
|
The rigid body regions (elements, nodes, or surfaces) are
highlighted in the viewport.
|
Shell-to-solid coupling
|
Spidering of yellow lines drawn between the nodes on the shell
edge and the solid face.
|
Distributing coupling
|
Spidering of orange lines drawn between the control point and the
coupling points (nodes) in the constraint region.
|
Kinematic coupling
|
Spidering of purple lines drawn between the control point and the
coupling points (nodes) in the constraint region.
|
Multi-point constraint (Abaqus/Explicit
only)
|
The nodes comprising the multi-point constraint are connected with
yellow lines.
|
You can change the default colors of the constraint spider lines in the
Color Code dialog box. For more information, see
Coloring constraints in the Visualization module.