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Command Reference for Rigid Dynamics Systems 2024 R2

ContactOptions

Last update: 17.07.2025

The ContactOptions object allows you to customize the behaviour of a contact server. ContactOptions uses a set of numerical values (real or integer) that can be get or set. When used as a switch, 0 means off and 1 is on.

Constants

None

Members

TimeOut

Time in second (=30.0 by default)

Verbose

Enable verbose mode in contact.out file (=0, disabled by default)

NumberOfThreads

Number of parallel threads used for contact detection (=2 by default)

Member functions

None

Example

cOpts=CS_ContactOptions()
cOpts.Verbose=1

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