{"id":455482,"date":"2026-03-31T13:21:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/contact-offset\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T13:21:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:21:29","slug":"contact-offset","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/contact-offset\/","title":{"rendered":"Contact offset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hello,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am running a simulation with LS-DYNA in the workbench. To achieve convergence I need to allow for some penetration. But after the simulation I want to create a Fluid domain from the deformed geometry. There I don&#8217;t want any penetration between the bodies, as this might lead to small gaps, which are difficult to mesh.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So my question is: Is the a possibility to define a contact offset between to contacting bodies as there is in Mechanical?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Moritz&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-455482","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-ansys-workbench-ls-dyna","topic-tag-contact"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27814"],"_bbp_topic_id":["455482"],"_bbp_subscription":["57984","58821"],"_bbp_author_ip":["129.247.247.240"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["455707"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["455707"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2026-04-03 06:34:05"],"_bbp_reply_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["57984","58821"],"_btv_view_count":["109"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"moritz-ursprungdlr-de"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/455482","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\/455482\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}