Defining Surface-Based Contact by Selecting Surfaces

You can select individual surface pairs manually and configure them for sliding contact.

See Also
About Surface-Based Contact and Tied Connections
About Proximity and Orientation Requirements
  1. From the Model section of the assistant, expand the Connections list and select Surface-based Contact.
  2. Select a face in the model.
  3. Optional: Enter a descriptive Name.
  4. To change the support selection focus, click Support 2.
  5. Select a geometry support on a different component to act as the second surface.

    Tip: When the contacting surfaces are difficult to discern, you can render all parts translucent except for parts associated with the contacting surfaces.
    • Click green to render all parts translucent except for contacting parts associated withSupport 1.
    • Click magenta to render all parts translucent except for contacting parts associated with Support 2.

  6. Optional: Select Tie surfaces to allow only small sliding contact between the surfaces.
  7. Click OK.