Select the entities you want to highlight:
- Selected pairs
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Highlights the surfaces involved in the contact pair or pairs that are currently selected in the
contact pair candidates table. The main surface is highlighted in red; the secondary
surface is highlighted in magenta. For axisymmetric or spherical surfaces, Abaqus/CAE also displays the axis of symmetry or spherical center for the surface; the axis or
center point is used in surface smoothing calculations if they are applied (see Modifying contact pair definitions).
- Selected main surfaces
-
Highlights the assigned main surfaces in the contact pair or pairs that are currently selected in
the contact pair candidates table. For axisymmetric or spherical surfaces, Abaqus/CAE also displays the axis of symmetry or spherical center for the surface; the axis or
center point is used in surface smoothing calculations if they are applied (see Modifying contact pair definitions).
- Selected secondary surfaces
-
Highlights the assigned secondary surfaces in the contact pair or pairs that are currently
selected in the contact pair candidates table. For axisymmetric or spherical surfaces,
Abaqus/CAE also displays the axis of symmetry or spherical center for the surface; the axis or
center point is used in surface smoothing calculations if they are applied (see Modifying contact pair definitions).
- Search
domain
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Highlights the part instances in the model specified by the current
Search domain field (see
Specifying general search options for contact detection).
- Selected pairs +
search domain
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Highlights both the currently selected contact pairs and the entire search
domain.