Find intersections and penetrations between geometric surfaces and
solids.
From the Topology ribbon, click the arrow next to the
Edit tool set name and select
Geometry Interface Check from the drop-down
menu.
The Geometry Interface Check dialog
opens.
In the Check Type field, select a type.
Choose All to check all of the input entities
against each other. There is only a single input collector. This is useful
when it is not known specifically what entities should be checked.
Optionally, self-interference can be included.
Choose By pair to checks entities in the first
collector against those in the second. This is generally useful when it is
known what specific entities should be checked against which other entities,
for example, surfaces in component 1 vs surfaces in component 2.
Self-interference cannot be included.
Use the entity selector to select geometry to check.
In the Interference type field, select a type.
Choose All to check for both penetrations and
intersections.
Choose Intersections only to check for
intersections.
Choose Penetrations only to check for
penetrations.
Define thickness options to use when calculating penetrations.
Restriction: Only available when Interference type is set to All
or Penetrations only.
Penetration can only occur between two entities
when one or both of them have an assigned thickness. Only surfaces not
associated with solids utilize a thickness.
Choose Component to determine the thickness from
the property assigned to the component. Each component can have a different
thickness.
Choose uniform to manually enter a thickness. All
surfaces will be assigned a constant thickness value.
To consider the edge effects of thickness, select the Include edge
effects checkbox.
Figure 1. Include Edge Effects On
By default, the edge effects of thickness are not considered. Figure 2. Include Edge Effects Off
In the Isolate only failed field, select a method for managing the display of
entities that failed the check.
Choose None to not change the display.
Choose Components to isolate the components that
contain failed surfaces, and hide all other entities.
Choose Surfaces to isolate failed surfaces (and
any associated solids), and hide all other entities.
In the Save failed field, select a method for saving entities that failed the
check.
Tip:
Use the retrieve option in other panels' advanced entity selection menus
to retrieve the saved entities.
Choose None to not save any failed entities to
the user mark.
Choose Components to save the components that
contain failed surfaces to the user mark.
Choose Surfaces to save failed surfaces to the
user mark.
Choose Both to save both components and surfaces
to the user mark.
