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Displaying the Interface Boundaries

The quickest and easiest way to check if an interface was intersected is to display the interface faces as part of a scene. There are two ways this can be done as part of an existing scene:

Highlighting the interface node is very easy and gives a quick indication as to the state of the node. For example, prior to the intersection process, the interface nodes under Regions will have an active icon but selecting it will not highlight anything in the current scene. This is because no faces have been associated with the interface. Once a successful intersection process has been carried out, selecting the icon will now highlight the interface part on the display.

An example interface node under Regions is shown below:

Selecting the interface node will highlight the part on the display, as shown below:

If after selecting the node, no highlighted faces are seen then it means that the interface creation process was not successful.

Alternatively, the interface part can be isolated on the display to give a more permanent image for inspection. To do this, right-click on the Parts node for the current Geometry displayer and select Edit... in the pop-up menu:

The Customizer Dialog dialog will appear:

Using this dialog, isolate the interface boundaries (not the original boundaries - the interface ones will have the topology type as part of the name by default) on the right hand side and press Close. The interface boundaries will be shown on the display:

The faces can now be inspected for any unexpected holes or gaps. The color of the interface can also be used to judge if the correct interface type has been selected. The following list indicates the color used by each type:

Interface Type

Color

Baffle

Brown

Contact

Green

Fully-developed

Purple

Internal

Gold

Porous-baffle

Orange

A mixing plane indirect type interface does not have its own interface node so it has no color associated with it. Instead, it reuses the original boundary node to indicate that it is part of an interface.

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