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Question I have regarding this is will I do this under \/post1 or \/post26, and also I have multiple contact regions in my model, how do I specify the exact one I want (it is a frictionless surface to solid contact).<\/p>\n<p>Second issue is I have two load steps. In workbench I can specify how to store the output for each load step (e.g. at equally spaced points). How can I do the same in apdl scripting?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-359469","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-transient-structural-2","topic-tag-contact-1","topic-tag-apdl","topic-tag-apdl-commands","topic-tag-macrosscripting-1","topic-tag-mapdl"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hi, I converted a workbench model to apdl by writing the input file. 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