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Nodes-to-Surface Contact dialog box (Simcenter Samcef)
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sets the name of the contact that appears in the Simulation Navigator under the Simulation Objects Container node. |
| Description | Sets the description. |
| Destination Folder | |
| Simulation Objects Container | Specifies the folder in the Simulation Navigator in which the contact will be stored. The list includes the root container and existing folders that you created using the New Folder command. |
| Source Region (slave) | |
| Source Region | Lets you select the Source Region (edges) of the contact. For more details on the Samcef Regions, see Region dialog box (Simcenter Samcef). |
| Target Region (master) | |
| Target Region | Lets you select a Target Region of the contact. For more details on the Samcef Regions, see Region dialog box (Simcenter Samcef). |
| General Parameters | |
| Parameters | Lets you define the contact general parameters.For more details, see Contact Parameters dialog box (Simcenter Samcef) |
| Output Requests | |
| Select Reference Position for the Moment | Lets you define select the reference position to compute the moment in the results. |
| Reference Position for the Moment | Appears when the Select Reference Position for the Moment check box is selected.Defines the reference position for the moment in the model. |
| Contact Results | Lets you define contact specific results.For more information, see the structural MACRO element in the Simcenter Samcef solver documentation. |
| Advanced Parameters | |
| User Defined Parameters | Lets you manually define .MCT parameters.Note: The added text must be compliant with the Samcef Command Language terminology. For more information, see the Samcef documentation.Note: This property may be filled during the import a Samcef bank if some imported parameters are unknown to this simulation object. |
| Ancillary Display | |
| For more details, see Ancillary Display dialog box (Simcenter Samcef) | |
| Card Name | Displays the name of the solver card this object will write to : .MCT . |
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Nodes-to-Surface Contact dialog box (Simcenter Samcef), Simcenter 3D 2021.1 Series
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