Contact set not working with adaptive spring?

[draftsman3]

I added an adaptive compression spring to an assemble so that it would display properly in various positions, but now my contact set no longer works?

Has anyone else experienced this?  Any tips?

[pcrawley]

Make sure your compression spring isn't part of the contact set.  Or, create a driven constraint that moves the planes (or parts - depending on how you have made the adaptive spring) that drives the spring open and closed between limits - then you won't need the contact set at all.

Peter.

[ravikmb5]

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@draftsman3 wrote:

I added an adaptive compression spring to an assemble so that it would display properly in various positions, but now my contact set no longer works?

Has anyone else experienced this?  Any tips?

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Adaptivity wont work with Poisitional Representation

This has been reported to autodesk from many years

but Development team havent paid thier attention here

[draftsman3]

Thanks ravikmb5,

So they just can't co-exist right now?  That's sure what it looks like.  Even if I supress the spring, my contact set doesn't work anymore.  Only if I delete it from the assembly do I get the contact set to function.

Thanks.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! Adaptive allows part geometry to deform during assembly constraint solve, i.e. the geometry can change between solves. While, Contact only handles rigid bodies. As a result, the two concepts are mutually exclusive. However, an occurrence of an Adaptive part can be made Contact Set, where the adaptive part itself cannot be made Contact Set.

Thanks!

[draftsman3]

Thanks johnsonshiue,

I understand that the same part cannot be both adaptive and part of a contact set, but I do not understand why you cannot have both types of parts in the same assembly.  Mutually exclusive concepts within the same part - totally logical, but not being able to have anything adaptive with a contact set in an assembly, not okay with that.

Always room to improve the product right?

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! Maybe I am missing something but I don't quite understand the behavior you are talking about here. Are you saying when there is an Adaptive part, other Unadaptive parts cannot be made Contact Set? I am not seeing the behavior. Could you attach an example here or send it to me.

Thanks!