Use the Cutting Surface option to define the *SURFACE, TYPE = CUTTING SURFACE.  The current version of Contact Manager does not have a Tcl/Tk dialog to define the cutting surface.  Review by highlighting or color change also does not work for these types of surfaces in the graphic area.  Instead, it takes you to the corresponding Card Image panel for edit or review.

Click edit to go into the card editor to define all relevant keywords, parameters, and data lines.  When you are finished, click return to open the Contact Manager.

 

 

See Also:

Contact Pair

Pre-Tension Section

Tie

General Contact

Auto Contact

Element Based Surface

Node Based Surface

Surface Combine or Crop

Analytical Rigid Surface

Surface Interaction

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