Distant connection properties are used to specify the boundary interaction between bodies in an assembled product that are connected but are not expected to make contact. The following sections discuss the distant connection properties available in Abaqus for CATIA V5:

Creating Rigid Connection Properties: Fastens bodies together at their common interface. Rigid connections do not take into account the elastic deformability of the interfaces.

Creating Smooth Connection Properties: Fastens bodies together at their common interface, but the fastening behaves approximately as if their interface were soft.

Creating Spring Connection Properties: Models flexible connections between points.

Creating Virtual Rigid Bolt Tightening Connection Properties: Models pretension in bolt-tightened assemblies in which the bolt is not explicitly modeled, and takes into account the elastic deformability of the assembly.

Creating Virtual Spring Bolt Tightening Connection Properties: Models pretension in bolt-tightened assemblies in which the bolt is not explicitly modeled, and takes into account the elastic deformability of the bolt in addition to that of the assembly.

Creating Dashpot Connection Properties: Models dashpot (damping) connections between vertices or points.