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- Work area
- The work area displays 3D representations of the object you are working on—typically your product part or assembly.
- Assistant
- The Assistant panel displays the status of the actions required to define, run, and review a simulation. This panel includes the Commands list, a dynamic set of tools related to the currently selected action, and a Tip panel that provides immediate contextual help about any tool you select.
- Context Menu in the 3D area
- When you right-click anywhere in the 3D area (except geometry), a context menu is displayed from which you can make the following selections:
Feature Manager Available in the Physics Simulation apps in which you can create model or scenario features or apps in which you can view the results of a simulation; displays scenario features and results plotsmesh parts, model and scenario features, and results plots from which you can review and sort data. From the manager, you can also edit, delete, locate, and hide or show the features and plots. Diagnostic Viewer Available after you run a simulation; displays pertinent status, warning, and error messages. Visualization Management Show different kinds of entities (geometries, meshes) or simulation categories (model, scenario, results) while you are working in a simulation. Visibility Control Selectively enable or disable the display of feature glyphs in the model. - Tree
- The tree can be used to make geometry selections, to navigate to other apps, and to edit simulation features and feature properties.
- The app
applies masks to icons in the tree to indicate the following special conditions:
Mask Meaning 
Indicates that the feature is outdated because a dependent feature was changed. 
Indicates that the feature is not synchronized with a dependent object that was changed. 
Indicates that the feature is up to date. 
Indicates that the feature is defined improperly.