Number contacting

- July 6, 2018 at 1:18 pm
  
  Adisa
  Subscriber
  
  Hi,
  
  In the below pic you can see the number contacting is negative, why is it negative?
  
  Best regards!
- July 6, 2018 at 1:55 pm
  
  Sandeep Medikonda
  Ansys Employee
  
  Hi Adisa,
  
  For MPC-based contact definitions, the value of STAT can be negative. This indicates that one or more contact constraints were intentionally removed to prevent over-constraint. See PLESOL command docs.
  
  Is this what you are using?
  
  Also, checkout this useful article of contact tools.
  
  Regards,
  
  Sandeep
- July 9, 2018 at 11:23 pm
  
  April Wang
  Ansys Employee
  
  Hi Adisa,
  
  In the contact tracker, try switch between contact and target side to view the number in contact. Since auto-symmetric contact is used, solver might have flipped the contact and target sides.
  
  Regards,
  
  April