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*CONTACT
Begin the definition of general contact.

This option is used to indicate the start of a general contact definition. The various aspects of a general contact definition are specified by using other options in conjunction with the *CONTACT option.

Products: Abaqus/Standard  Abaqus/Explicit  Abaqus/CAE  

Type: Model or history data

Level: Model,  Step

Abaqus/CAE: Interaction module

References:

Optional parameter:

OP

This parameter applies only to Abaqus/Explicit.

Set OP=MOD (default) to modify an existing general contact definition relative to the previous step.

Set OP=NEW to delete any previously specified general contact definition and specify a new one. OP=NEW is ignored when the general contact definition is specified as model data.

There are no data lines associated with this option.