{"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":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["135795","165102","7546","81"],"_bbp_author_ip":["46.235.153.205"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["836"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_edit_lock":["1721210057:135795"],"_bbp_notification_enabled":["431745","431745","431745","431745"],"_bbp_topic_id":["372335"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["81","7546","135795","165102"],"_bbp_voice_count":["4"],"_bbp_reply_count":["4"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["373016"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["373016"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-07-22 13:08:15"]},"test":"cfauresystra-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/372335","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/372335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":372338,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/372335\/revisions\/372338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}