Contact Pair: Define Tab

Select this option for HyperMesh to automatically generate *SURFACE cards from a selected component.

When this option is selected, the Surface field becomes a Component field, and you can select a component from the adjacent drop-down list. Click Slave>> or Master>> to add them to the table of included surfaces as slave or master, respectively.

Click Slave>> to add the surface as a slave to the table of selected surfaces. Click Master>> to add the surface as a master. Click Remove>> to remove any selected surface from the table. You can add multiple sets of surfaces to the table.

Click New to create a new surface. Once you have specified the surface properties, the surface appears in the drop-down list, where you can select it and add it to the table.

The Review button highlights the selected slave surface in red and displays it through solid mesh in performance graphics in the HyperMesh window. If the surface is defined with sets, the underlying elements are highlighted. Right-click on Review to clear the review selections.

The New button opens the Create New Surface Interaction dialog for creating a new surface interaction. When the new surface interaction has been defined, the Contact Pair dialog reflects the newly-created surface interaction as the interaction of the contact pair.