{"id":454064,"date":"2026-03-10T14:42:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/models-repel-each-other\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T14:42:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:42:04","slug":"models-repel-each-other","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/models-repel-each-other\/","title":{"rendered":"Models repel each other"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hi All,&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I created 2 beams. After I applied cross section, there was an overlap between the two beams. I applied *contact_automatic_general between 2 beams. I found the beam would repel each other because there is model overlap. Does anybody know how to get rid of the repulsive force, even though there is overlap?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/10-03-2026-1773153601-0.png\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/10-03-2026-1773153629-1.png\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/10-03-2026-1773153667-4.png\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/10-03-2026-1773153680-2.png\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-454064","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27814"],"_bbp_topic_id":["454064"],"_bbp_subscription":["608524","240","13640"],"_bbp_author_ip":["155.247.134.187"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["454450"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["454450"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2026-03-13 16:26:52"],"_bbp_reply_count":["5"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_engagement":["608524","240","13640"],"_btv_view_count":["101"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"tut06916temple-edu"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/454064","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\/454064\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}