Defining Contact Sets

Next, you define the contact sets.

1. Right-click Connections and select Local Interaction .
2. In the PropertyManager:
   1. For Faces, Edges, Vertices for Set 1 , select the 2D body of the bolt.

      

   2. For Faces, Edges for Set 2 , select the 2D body of the nut.

      

   3. Select Advanced.
   4. Under Advanced, select Surface to surface.
3. Click .
   You have defined a frictionless contact interaction. The contact interaction is applied between the touching thread regions of the bolt and the nut.