{"id":254627,"date":"2021-05-12T12:56:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T12:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/contact-between-vertex-and-edge-not-working-in-aim\/"},"modified":"2022-08-17T06:43:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T06:43:18","slug":"contact-between-vertex-and-edge-not-working-in-aim","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/contact-between-vertex-and-edge-not-working-in-aim\/","title":{"rendered":"Contact between vertex and edge not working in AIM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/discovery\/2021\/05\/Contact.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1915\" height=\"1140\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-243216\" \/><\/p>\n<p> Hello! <\/p>\n<p> In AIM 2020R1, If I try to model a bolted connection with beam element (line body), then I can&#8217;t set up bonded contact between beam&#8217;s vertex and bolt hole&#8217;s edge. Can you explain this please? <\/p>\n<p> Other:<br \/> Can you recommend a workflow\/best practice for idealising bolted connections inside AIM if I need to create multiple identical bolts, please? Are there any tips&amp;tricks to speed up the bolt generating process instead of manually and individually create one bolt and it&#8217;s connection to the plate? <\/p>\n<p> Regards. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-254627","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-discovery-aim-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["29990"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["288"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["254627"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27789"],"_bbp_engagement":["202","29990"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["3"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["261600"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["261600"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2021-05-31 07:23:32"]},"test":"thornyaksteelxpert-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/254627","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\/254627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}