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Mesh rigid boby or assign the materials property?

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Bigtree

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Hi, I want to model a contact problem. Should I mesh the rigid body and assign the materials property?
 
You definitely must mesh the rigid body, but I am not sure about the material property. I think you ought to assign that as well.
 
You only mesh a rigid body if it's not an anlytical surface. A rigid body doesn't have material properties or else it wouldn't be rigid. You do have to assign a reference pont to the body though.

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