{"id":291197,"date":"2023-07-03T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T08:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-compute-the-gap-between-surface-in-each-direction\/"},"modified":"2023-07-03T08:00:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T08:00:26","slug":"how-to-compute-the-gap-between-surface-in-each-direction","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-compute-the-gap-between-surface-in-each-direction\/","title":{"rendered":"How to compute the gap between surface in each direction?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am performing a static structural crimping simulation. I am studying the gap between two objects at the end of the crimp process.<\/p>\n<p>What I can do right now is to compute the gap between two contact surfaces with the contact tool (see the attached figure)<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/03-07-2023-1688370934-gap.PNG\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>What I would like to get is the gap according to each direction (x and y axis in this case because it is an axisymmetric simulation). What are the steps to project this gap onto each axis?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Regards,&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mattias<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-291197","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["276111","170445"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.217.200.46"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["1382"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["291197"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["170445","276111"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["291783"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["291783"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-07-06 05:11:06"]},"test":"mattias-schefflersafrangroup-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/291197","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\/291197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}