Can't edit a contact interaction

[jball1]

I created a contact interaction in CAE. Now I can't seem to edit it. Specifically, I can't edit the initial clearance, which I have set to "Uniform value across slave surface: 0". I want to remove this initial clearance. However, it is not an editable field now, for some reason. I am trying to edit it in the initial Step, in which it is created. I am probably missing something obvious here. Any help would be appreciated!

 

[FEA way]

It should be possible to edit it in the Initial step. Is it grayed out or is there a message like "Clearance can only be used with small sliding" in place of the setting ? Which version of Abaqus are you using ?

 

[jball1]

It is simply greyed out. I am using Kinematic contact with small sliding. When I spit out my input file, the *Clearance keyword is there. But I can't seem to get rid of it in CAE. I am using Abaqus 2019.

 

[FEA way]

I thought that you are using Abaqus/Standard but it turns out that it's Abaqus/Explicit. In such a case you may have to move the contact definition to the analysis step. It can be done in the Interaction Manager - select Created under Initial and click Move Right for this interaction. Then you should be able to edit the initial clearance setting.

 

[jball1]

That worked! Thank you for the help. Would have responded earlier, but I got moved off this job for a bit and am just now picking it up.