Specifying naming options for contact detection

In addition to creating contact pair interactions, the automatic contact detection tool also creates named surfaces for each surface involved in a contact pair (see Default interaction and constraint parameters). The Names tabbed page provides some options for tuning this surface creation behavior.

See Also
Understanding contact and constraint detection
Using contact and constraint detection
  1. From the main menu, select either InteractionFind contact pairs or ConstraintFind contact pairs.

    Tip: You can also find contact pairs using the tool in the Interaction module toolbox.

    Abaqus/CAE displays the contact detection dialog box.

  2. Display the Names tabbed page.
  3. In the Name prefix field, enter the prefix that will be used when naming each contact pair and surface (as discussed in Default interaction and constraint parameters).
  4. To prevent the creation of named surfaces, toggle off Name each surface found. This option will not affect the creation of contact pairs.
  5. The Create additional named surfaces containing field allows you to create additional composite surfaces:

    • To create a single named surface composed of all contact pair surfaces acting as a main surface, toggle on All main. Any main surfaces from preexisting contact pairs are also included in the created composite surface.

    • To create a single named surface composed of all contact pair surfaces acting as a secondary surface, toggle on All secondary. Any secondary surfaces from preexisting contact pairs are also included in the created composite surface.

    • To create a single named surface composed of all surfaces involved in contact pair definitions, toggle on All. Any surfaces from preexisting contact pairs are also included in the created composite surface.