{"id":372335,"date":"2024-07-17T09:43:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T09:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-connect-two-nodes-ansys-workbench\/"},"modified":"2024-07-17T09:54:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T09:54:44","slug":"how-to-connect-two-nodes-ansys-workbench","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-connect-two-nodes-ansys-workbench\/","title":{"rendered":"How to connect two nodes (Ansys workbench)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Hello,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">I work on Ansys mechanical workbench, I have created two bodies that I would like to connect in the following way: at the interface between the two bodies (two faces in contact), I would like certain nodes to be linked together and<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">others not.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">By default, Ansys suggests that the two bodies are completely linked, but that is not what I want. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">I tried to define a contact between several nodes (selection of nodes in &#8220;Contact&#8221; and another selection of nodes in &#8220;Target&#8221;), is this what should be done?<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">The &ldquo;Target&rdquo; box turns yellow and I don&rsquo;t understand why.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Thanks in advance<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/17-07-2024-1721210072-capt.png\" alt=\"\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-372335","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hello, I work on Ansys mechanical workbench, I have created two bodies that I would like to connect in the following way: at the interface between the two bodies (two faces in contact), I would like certain nodes to be linked together and others not. 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