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Show contact

Use this tool in the Validate group on the Prepare tab to display a preview of topology sharing. Show Contact lets you see – before sending to ANSYS – exactly what topology would be shared.

To Show Contact between objects

1. Click on the top level assembly component in the Structure Tree
2. In the Properties panelArea of the user interface that displays editable details about the selected object(s). This panel is initially displayed on the lower left side of the screen, but can be moved., locate the Share Topology property
3. Click in the property input panel
4. Open the dropdown menu and choose
   • None (default)
   • Merge (This setting is recognized by ANSYS but is not yet displayed in Show Contact)
   • Share
5. Click the Show Contact button in the CAE group on the Prepare tab. Any shared topology displays on the model with blue lines.

To further define your share topology, and to help you identify any failed or missing connections or parts, you can use the Edges and Vertices toggle check boxes in the Options panelArea of the user interface that enables you to modify functions specific to tools. to hide or show edge junctions, laminar edges, free beams, and beam junctions and ends. This allows you to get an isolated preview of the model’s face, edge, and vertex connections.

Show Contact settings in the Options PanelSections of the user interface that initially appear along the left side of the application window and include: Structure panel, Layers panel, Selection panel, Groups panel, Options panel, and Properties panel. You can dock and detach these panels.	Display color	Description
Edge3D object composed of a single outside boundary of a feature. A line sketched in 2D becomes an edge when you pull your sketch into 3D. Options		Edge3D object composed of a single outside boundary of a feature. A line sketched in 2D becomes an edge when you pull your sketch into 3D. options control the display of connected and disconnected paths (i.e. edges, sketch curves, Beam paths.
Show Edge3D object composed of a single outside boundary of a feature. A line sketched in 2D becomes an edge when you pull your sketch into 3D. Junctions	Blue	Shared edges of solids or surfaces and Beams
Show Laminar Edges	Red	Edges of surface bodies that are not connected to anything
Show Free Beams	Orange	Beams that are not entirely connected (i.e. coincident to an edge or embedded within a face.
VertexPoint that terminates a line; point at which two or more lines or edges intersect. Vertices can be selected for sketching, dimensioning, and other operations. Options		VertexPoint that terminates a line; point at which two or more lines or edges intersect. Vertices can be selected for sketching, dimensioning, and other operations. options control the display of connected endpoints (Beam endpoints and intersections).
Show Beam Junctions	Blue	Shared points on Beams (i.e. shared endpoints or interior intersections).
Show Beam Ends	Red	Non-shared endpoints of Beams.