I have a model with glued contact..I can get ouput for stress, CBUSH/ELFORCE, displacements,etc.,et .but I can NOT get contact status to show up in PATRAN, either for H5 or .OP2..what am i doing wrong?

HI Sanjay..here's my case control..I've run both Post, -1 and +1..and do get H5 output..just no Contact status.

One thing..theres a -525 deg F temp load on the model, with CTE mismatches..things are pulling away from each other, which
I've accounted for with contact params,,,displaced shape makes a lot of sense...
Also including the BCTABLE..



CEND
TITLE = complete
ECHO = NONE
DISPLACEMENT(PLOT) = ALL
SPCFORCE(PLOT) = ALL
OLOAD(PLOT) = ALL
SET 12 = 27 thru 30, 37020,37021
$ ELFORCE(PLOT,CORNER) = ALL
ELFORCE(print) = 12
STRESS(PLOT,CORNER) = ALL
BOUTPUT(PLOT) = ALL
BCONCHK(plot) = RUN
BCONTACT = 0
$ BCTABLE,0
$ AUTOSPC(RESIDUAL,SPC)=YES
SPC = 1
$ BCONTACT = 107
$ RIGID = LAGR
TEMP(INITIAL) = 1
$ SUBCASE 1
$ TEMP(LOAD) = 2
$ LOAD = 3
$ BCONTACT = 107
$ SUBCASE 2
$ TEMP(LOAD) = 2
$ LOAD = 4
$ BCONTACT = 107
SUBCASE 3
TEMP(LOAD) = 2
LOAD = 5
BCONTACT = 107
BEGIN BULK
BCPARA,0,method,segtoseg,error,.05
$ Femap Constraint Set 1 : SPC's
MDLPRM,HDF5,1
PARAM,PRGPST,NO
PARAM,POST,1
$$$$$$$$$$$
BCTABLE 107 8 1 1 +
$+ SLAVE 4 .03 0 +
$+ +
$+ MASTERS 2 +
$+ SLAVE 6 .03 0 +
$+ +
$+ MASTERS 7 +
$+ SLAVE 4 1 +
$+ +
$+ MASTERS 2 +
+ SLAVE 6 1 +
+ +
+ MASTERS 7 +
+ SLAVE 10 1 +
+ +
+ MASTERS 8 +
+ SLAVE 12 1 +
+ +
+ MASTERS 11 +
+ SLAVE 15 1 +
+ +
+ MASTERS 14 +
+ SLAVE 21 1 +
+ +
+ MASTERS 3 +
+ SLAVE 20 1 +
+ +
+ MASTERS 5 +
+ SLAVE 23 1 +
+ +
+ MASTERS 22 +
+ SLAVE 25 .05 1 +
+ +
+ MASTERS 24
$------12------23------34------45------56------67------78------89------90------0

I can..it's a big model..I'm trying some things now..I really was hoping it was something simple, especially in the BCTABLE, BCPARA cards...but apparently not

Sanjay..I don't want to make a big deal re: contact status..I really thought it was going to be a simple answer. I can't believe I'm the first to see this ..I'm sure you guys have seen this before.
.IF not , then MSC developers have a problem..I get ALL results except contact status..

I've had numerous issues over the last month with ATA/Siemens/MSC?Hexagon in terms of new version issues, and things that used to work don't work w/a new release..it's been VERY frustrating, since
I've spent a lot of time trying to understand something hat could be broke

BUT, for a technical question that I hope you can answer..I'm running touching and glued contact..I get this statement as part of the sol'n sequence and I
Can't figure out what it means, since these two elements are not close together..I queried HEXAGON but can't find anything..I wish Vinay and Zhong were still around

ddu multiplied by 9.25847E-04 to avoid penetration of body 6 segment 1188
into body 7 segment 1874
body 6 : body_6
body 7 : body_7
body 6 element 195735 segment nodes 78321 78325 78231 78232
body 7 element 87782 segment nodes 242364 242374 211626 211622
this group is set for glued contact
+ SLAVE 6 1 +
+ +
+ MASTERS 7 +

Sanjay..

I'm going to reduce the size of the model to capture the areas that seem to be problematic (proprietary/security issues here), and send it over//probably Monday. Since
The model is doing what I expect.. Since I'm not up to speed with all the PATRAN_related post-processing options , I'm wondering if the MDLPRM card is not setup right..

But.......thanks for your help Sanjay. When I call the Hex support phone number, I never get a person..always have to leave a message, and a short one at that..it
Discconnected me twice this week when I was leaving a message related to these issues