Reviewing Maximum Penetration Depth

The steps to access the contact overview results for the simulation are:

  1. Select Contact Overview in the Results Browser in the left of the window:
    Figure 1.


  2. Select the Contour button in the toolbar:
    Figure 2.


  3. Select the Contour Penetration Depth (s) for the Result type in the panel:
    Figure 3.


  4. Select Components in the Selection input collector:
    Figure 4.


  5. Select the graphics in the graphics window.
    Figure 5.


  6. Click Apply.
    Figure 6.


  7. Inspect the results.
    Figure 7.


    Tip: The overview results are best seen if you change the opacity of the body graphics:
    • Select the opacity tool in the toolbar and select Transparent Elements and Feature Lines from the drop-down menu.
      Figure 8.