Contact dialog boxes
- Access
- Ribbon: Stress Analysis tab
Contacts panel Automatic 
, or Manual 
. or,
In the browser, right-click the Contacts node
, and click Automatic Contacts or Manual Contacts.
- Contact type
- Available contact types differ based on the simulation type.
- Selections
-
Specify the first contact edge or face. 
Specify the second contact edge or face. 
Specifies that you want to pick the part first, before the contact face. Useful when one or more parts lie atop one another and graphic selection is tedious.
Contact types
- Bonded
- Bonds contact faces to each other rigidly.
- Separation
- Separates contact faces partially or fully while sliding.
- Sliding / No Separation
- Bonds contact faces in normal to face direction while sliding under deformation.
- Separation / No Sliding
- Separates contact faces partially or fully without their sliding against each other.
- Shrink Fit / Sliding
- Provides conditions like 'Separation' with initial parts overlapping. The initial distance between the contact faces is negative.
- Shrink Fit / No Sliding
- Provides conditions of Separation/no sliding with initial parts overlapping, meaning negative initial distance
- Spring
- Creates equivalent springs between the two faces. You define total Normal and/or Tangential stiffness.
- Normal Stiffness
- Specifies the equivalent normal stiffness value. Applicable to Spring contact only.
- Tangential Stiffness
- Specifies the equivalent tangential stiffness value. Applicable to Spring contact only. Note: Normal and tangential directionality is based on the best approximation between the two faces that follow each other in a parallel way. Examples are parallel planes, concentric cylinders, and so on. Otherwise it can be ambiguous.
Context menu for contacts
- Edit Contact
- Displays the Edit (Type) Contact dialog box so you can edit the contact type.
- Suppress
- Suppresses the select contact.