Linking Contacts 

This task shows you how to link contacts with a fastening element.
This command is active with the Automatic option unchecked.
See Links Creation Mode.
  • Contact links are taken into account during a computation process for fastening activities. See Computing a Tolerance Analysis and Creating a Fastening Element.
  • If the Automatic option is checked, contact links around fastening elements are automatically created during computation.
  • If the Automatic option is unchecked, no contact links around fastening elements are created. Only contact links defined by the user are taken into account.
Open the BasicTaaProcess2.CATProcess document.

  1. Click Contact Links .

    The Contact Links Definition dialog box appears.

  2. Select the Spot Welding.4.1 fastening.

  3. Select the contact points.

In the specification tree, you must only select points already associated with a contact.
 

  1. Click OK.

    Contact Links.1 is created.