Confirming search results in the viewport

As a visual aid, toggle on Highlight in viewport to highlight specified entities on your model in the viewport.

See Also
Understanding contact and constraint detection
Using contact and constraint detection

Select the entities you want to highlight:

Selected pairs

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

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

Highlights both the currently selected contact pairs and the entire search domain.