Collision Detection

Prevent components from passing through other components.

Restriction: Only available for components.
The default behavior of the Move tool allows components to pass through each other and overlap uninhibited.


Figure 1.
When the collision detection option is activated, an attempt to collide two components by moving one of them results in the component stopping at or before the point of collision. If you attempt to drag the component past this position, it remains in the non-penetrating position and the feature edges of the component that is blocking the motion are highlighted orange. If you continue to drag the component all the way through the blocking component, the dragged component will move once again until it encounters another collision.


Figure 2.