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Contact Post-Processing Requests

The Contact post-processing request tab allows to specify requested contact variables for any existing contact in your analysis. Contact must have been previously defined within the Calculation Parameters of your analysis, and of course, the simulation run by the solver must be completed.

The tab is divided in several parts, as follows :

  • Calculation panel: Select either Static or Dynamic depending on the type of curve desired. Static will allow to plot quasi-static evolution of contact variables, whereas the dynamic option will allow to display the time-history of contact variables from a time-domain dynamic simulation.

  • Static or Time steps: Select the steps to be post-processed.

  • List of contacts: All contacts available in your analysis are recalled in this grid. Select the contact to be post-processed by ticking the check-box placed on the right-side of the grid.

  • Variable: Select which type of variable must be plotted.

Once your request is fully defined, press the Add Curve button placed in the bottom-right corner of the window to add your request to the set of post- processing tasks to be done.