You can specify contact conditions either automatically or manually. Automatic contacts are generated according to the tolerance and contact type specified in the Stress Analysis Settings. You can assign other contact types such as Separation, Sliding / No Separation, and so on.
For this simulation, we automatically compute inferred contacts and then change some of those to another type.
- In the Contacts panel, click Automatic
. It detects the contacts within the default tolerance and populates the Contacts folder. - Expand the Contacts folder. You can see that all contacts were created as Bonded contacts (default setting) and placed in a folder. Expand the Bonded folder.
- We must change the contacts listed in the following list. To make changes, use multi-select. Select one contact, hold down the Ctrl key, and multi-select the remaining contacts in this list.
- Bonded:1 (Upper Plate:1, Lower Plate:1)
- Bonded:6 (Upper Plate:1, Pin A:3)
- Bonded:7 (Upper Plate:1, Pin A:3)
- Bonded:10 (Upper Plate:1, Pivot Threaded:1)
- Bonded:11 (Upper Plate:1, Pivot Threaded:1)
- Bonded:12 (Upper Plate:2, Lower Plate:2)
- Bonded:17 (Upper Plate:2, Pin A:3)
- Bonded:18 (Upper Plate:2, Pin A:3)
- Bonded:21 (Upper Plate:2, Pivot Threaded:1)
- Bonded:22 (Upper Plate:2, Pivot Threaded:1)
- Bonded:26 (Lower Plate:1, Pivot Lower:1)
- Bonded:27 (Lower Plate:1, Pivot Lower:1)
- Bonded:31 (Lower Plate:2, Pivot Lower:1)
- Bonded:32 Lower Plate:2, Pivot Lower:1)
- Right-click a selected contact, and click Edit Contact.
- Change the type to Sliding / No Separation, and click OK.