Defining Surface-Based Contact by Detecting Contact

You can use the contact detection tool to find candidate surface pairs and apply sliding contact.

See Also
About Surface-Based Contact and Tied Connections
About Proximity and Orientation Requirements
  1. From the Model section of the Assistant, click Connections.
  2. From the Connections dialog box, select Contact Detection in the Tools list.
  3. Specify a Search domain.

    By default, the app searches the whole model for contacting surfaces. You can select candidate geometry supports by clicking individual components in the model. The app considers contact features between the selected components only. If you select a single component, the app only considers the contact features between surfaces on the selected component and any other contacting surfaces in the model.

  4. Optional: Select Tie surfaces together to implement small-sliding contact.
  5. Click Find Surface Pairs.
    The dialog box lists candidate contact features for surfaces that meet the proximity requirements. Right-click any feature to locate or delete it.
  6. Optional: To change the search domain, click Find Surface Pairs again.
    Any new surface pairs found are marked by an asterisk (*) in the table.
  7. Click OK.