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.