How to out put contact forces in Hyperview

Altair Forum User

Hi

I have done a linear static analysis in optistruct and I activated CONTF control card from GLOBAL OUTPUT REQUEST. but I didn't have any contact force in the results in Hyper View. Would you please guide me. Thanks

 

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Altair Forum User

Hi Bita,

 

CONTF will output contact forces when you have a non linear analysis subcase. Try NLSTAT analysis instead of linear static and check if you are able to see contact forces.