Merge bodies so there are no Contact Regions

- March 24, 2020 at 10:36 am
  
  cmoreno98
  Subscriber
  
  Hello everybody,
  
  I have the following mesh of a T-junction:
  
  There are a total of 4 solids and 3 contact regions between them. When I export the mesh (.msh file), these contact regions are treated as boundaries and I don't want them to be boundaries. I want the whole T-junction to be a single body (just inlets, outlet and walls as boundaries).
  
  Is there a way to merge the 4 solids (once the mesh is done)? Or to eliminate the contact regions? Sorry if it is a simple question, I'm new to ANSYS. I'm using ANSYS Workbench Academic Student 2019 R3.
  
  Thank you beforehand,
  
  Carlos.
- March 24, 2020 at 12:08 pm
  
  peteroznewman
  Subscriber
  
  Open the Geometry in DesignModeler. In the Outline on the left, at the bottom, you will see 4 Parts, 4 Bodies and the four solid body icons at the end.
  
  Select all four bodies, right mouse click and Form New Part. Now it will say 1 Part, 4 Bodies. This is now a multibody part and the mesher will use shared nodes at the three interfaces to connect the elements in a conformal mesh.
  
  Refresh and update the Mesh. In Mesh, under the Contacts folder, delete all the contacts.
  
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- March 26, 2020 at 4:44 am
  
  Keyur Kanade
  Ansys Employee
  
  here is link about share topology.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO4ZtwZdD2I
  
  Regards,
  
  Keyur
  
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- March 27, 2020 at 5:20 pm
  
  cmoreno98
  Subscriber
  
  It works!
  
  Thank you very much.