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by Qumbetlian
Fri Mar 22, 2019 1:57 pm
Forum: FEM
Topic: Fem constraint contact
Replies: 147
Views: 48157

Re: Fem constraint contact

I improved my python script for automatically detecting contacts. Now it can be set to not detect unuseful contacts between faces that are in contact but they are located on the same side (are not face to face) or if are perpendicular each other. Even more than that, by setting some parameters It ca...
by Qumbetlian
Thu Mar 21, 2019 12:21 pm
Forum: FEM
Topic: Fem constraint contact
Replies: 147
Views: 48157

Re: Fem constraint contact

Hi Michael,

Can you provide me this model!?
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I'd like to test my code on it.
Thank you!
by Qumbetlian
Sun Mar 17, 2019 7:34 pm
Forum: FEM
Topic: Fem constraint contact
Replies: 147
Views: 48157

Re: Fem constraint contact

I ran the script "contact_apply_01.py" that i suppose to run behind of button "Create auto contact for compound object". It worked, but it put contacts also between surfaces of the same body. I think that these contacts are redundant for Calculix and should be avoided. I coded an...
by Qumbetlian
Fri Mar 15, 2019 7:47 am
Forum: FEM
Topic: Fem constraint contact
Replies: 147
Views: 48157

Re: Fem constraint contact

Hi, This auto contact feature would be very useful when doing an FEA of an assembly of multiple body. I like to have this feature in 0.18 stable release. I tested yesterday this utility but not worked for me. I compiled the project from branch linked earlier in this topic. When compiled with debuggi...