Smart bonding problem modal analysis
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I am attempting to use smart bonding in a model to bond a part made of plate elements to a part made of brick elements without having to match the mesh manually. I have created a bonded contact pair between the two parts, and have enabled smart bonding in the general contact settings. In the selection tree when I right click on the contact pair>edit settings I am not able to change any of the smart bonding tolerance settings, all options are grayed out (see screenshot). The analysis type I am working in is a modal analysis. However if I change the analysis type to static stress with linear material models and try to edit the settings of the same contact pair, I am able to change the tolerances as desired.
The simulation mechanical "Types of Contact" help page indicates that smart bonding is allowable in modal analysis.
http://help.autodesk.com/view/ASMECH/2017/ENU/?guid=GUID-CDC0ADD8-95E6-4E95-84D9-AFE71B45D7FE
Why am I not able to edit the smart bonding tolerances when in a modal analysis type? How can I fix this issue?
The software version I am using is Simulation Mechanical 2017. Thanks.