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My contact tool setup result under solutions looked like this after my most recent solve (where I adjust all contacts to bonded with the intent of gradually unbonding them to find problematic contacts for convergence):&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/25-11-2024-1732574218-contact tool exploded.png\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Could this indicate anything about why my model isn&#8217;t converging, and in general what&#8217;s the reason for it looking like this?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I appreciate any help.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-395248","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=\"Hi all, I&#039;m new to Ansys Mechanical and working on a model where I&#039;m having convergence issues. 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