{"id":388355,"date":"2024-10-07T09:57:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T09:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-reduce-solid-to-surface-and-maintain-the-contacts\/"},"modified":"2024-10-07T09:57:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T09:57:46","slug":"how-to-reduce-solid-to-surface-and-maintain-the-contacts","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-reduce-solid-to-surface-and-maintain-the-contacts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to reduce solid to surface and maintain the contacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;I want to reduce the three thin body ( panels in this case) to surfaces for composite modelling.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The panels are fastened with the hinges and contact is getting lost in generating the midsurface one way or another.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What are the options in ansys spaceclaim which can be used to maintain the contacts while converting solids to surfaces.?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/07-10-2024-1728294999-rst.png\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-388355","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-ansysworkbench-ansys-staticstructural","topic-tag-midsurface"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["440057","440006","470439"],"_bbp_author_ip":["14.139.105.210"],"_btv_view_count":["122"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_topic_id":["388355"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["440006","440057","470439"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["396404"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["396404"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-12-05 11:15:52"]},"test":"tanmay-singhalpiersight-space"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/388355","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\/388355\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}