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Demonstration ~8 min · ~61 min remaining

Geometry and mesh

Two SOLID185 blocks with robust selection of horizontal faces.

Step 1 — Geometry and mesh

BLOCK,0,block_x,0,h_lower,0,block_z
BLOCK,0,block_x,h_lower+initial_gap,h_lower+initial_gap+h_upper,0,block_z
VMESH,ALL

Use SELTOL when selecting faces at Y = h_lower and Y = h_lower + initial_gap.

Two 3D blocks with a visible initial gap in a MAPDL side view
Figure 2. Side view: initial 0.5 mm gap between the blocks before ESURF.
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