{"id":163355,"date":"2021-10-25T10:04:55","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T10:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/simulate-contact-from-a-washer\/"},"modified":"2021-10-27T00:57:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T00:57:36","slug":"simulate-contact-from-a-washer","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/simulate-contact-from-a-washer\/","title":{"rendered":"Simulate contact from a washer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Item-Body\">\n<div class=\"Message userContent\">\n<p>Hi! I&#039;m rather new to ANSYS and I&#039;m trying to model a fixture which is mounted to another plate using a washer and bolt. <\/p>\n<p>One solution is to include the whole assembly, but I would really like to simply model the part.<\/p>\n<p>I&#039;ve read that one can use Face Split in Space Claim, but since I will iteratively update the fixture, I don&#039;t want to enter Space Claim all the time. For that reason I tried to define surfaces (corresponding to the washers) in Catia V5 before importing the model into ANSYS Workbench. <\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, ANSYS consider this surfaces as different parts, where I need to define material (no problem) and thickness for each surface. <\/p>\n<p>Perhaps this problem lies within Catia V5 , but I just want to check if someone has any tips for this problem \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n<p>To summarize, I want to simply model the fixture, without adding washers\/bolts, and I want to define surfaces where I can apply the loads without using Space Claim (Face Split). <\/p>\n<div class=\"embedExternal embedImage\">\n<div class=\"embedExternal-content\">\n<a class=\"embedImage-link\" href=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/forum-uploads\/989\/9TT9DDMEUXRV.png\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"embedImage-img\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/forum-uploads\/989\/9TT9DDMEUXRV.png\" alt=\"q1.PNG\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-163355","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-bolted-connection-1","topic-tag-catiav5","topic-tag-face-split-1","topic-tag-spaceclaim","topic-tag-washer-1"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_author_ip":[""],"_bbp_view_count":["296"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0","0"],"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["3160"],"_bbp_subscription":["25148"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["163355"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","13386","25148"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["4"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["195649"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["195649"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2021-10-27 00:57:36"]},"test":"albin-linderstamsaabgroup-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/163355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/163355\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}