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Self-contact Detection

A new option allows the detection of self-contact for faces of a body or part that have regions that can come into contact with each other during the simulation. The self-contact option is available for nonlinear studies and static studies running with the large displacement option.

Available for SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium.

In the Contact Sets PropertyManager, select Self-contact.

Select the faces that can come into contact with each other while deforming during the simulation. For example, if you select Face 1 and Face 2 for Set1, the program assigns these pairs as the source and target entity for the detection of interference: Face 1 - Face 1, Face 2 - Face 2, and Face 1 - Face 2.

A no penetration contact is applied to a face that comes into contact with itself during deformation.

  • Self-contact detection is not automatic. You need to select option Self-contact.
  • Detection of self-contact is not available for 2D Planar Simplification nonlinear analysis.


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