Reply To: How to define a contact/ joint for a vertex edge pair

[Vinayak Vipradas]

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You cannot generate a contact between a vertex and an edge. Instead you can use Fixed Joint, which is appropriate for this model. You can refer to these links for detailed overview of the types of contact.
Supported Contact Types (ansys.com)
Connection Group (ansys.com)
Thanks,
Vinayak.