Getting parts to interact After Displacement
Getting parts to interact After Displacement
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So I'm still pretty new to Catia, and am working through figuring it out how it works. So this may be an obvious answer question but:
I have an assembly that is deforming (small deformations) during static loading. During this deformation however, the different components of the assembly are not interacting with each other. In other words, one component of my assembly is going through another, rather than contacting it.
Is there any way in Catia to prevent penetration, and tell the program that pieces should interfere with each other if they contact?
Thanks
I have an assembly that is deforming (small deformations) during static loading. During this deformation however, the different components of the assembly are not interacting with each other. In other words, one component of my assembly is going through another, rather than contacting it.
Is there any way in Catia to prevent penetration, and tell the program that pieces should interfere with each other if they contact?
Thanks





RE: Getting parts to interact After Displacement
RE: Getting parts to interact After Displacement
However, the contact connection property is being defined on a coincidence between two cylindrical item's axises. Would that cause the connection property to fail?
RE: Getting parts to interact After Displacement
I always start from scracth and define contact properties between surfaces.
May be you should try this.
RE: Getting parts to interact After Displacement
I had thought this might be due to the fact that my part is an imported part from another Cad program (solidworks that was saved as an .stp file and then opened in catia) but I created a couple pieces in catia and try to connect them by their surfaces and it still does not let me select surfaces as a support for a contact property.
RE: Getting parts to interact After Displacement
Even with step files, CAtia usually recognize the surfaces.
RE: Getting parts to interact After Displacement
Don't know how that important concept slipped past me, but thanks!