Restart from implicit to explicit?

[AIliev]

Hi

Does anyone have an idea, if it is possible to restart an analysis from implicit to explicit. What I mean:

step 1 - initial
step 2 - apply gravity load - implicit
step 3 - apply general contact - explicit

The problem is that I want to have a general contact analysis (explicit), but I want to take the effects of self weight in advance (implicit).

Thanks in advance
- Alex