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 # `ContactOrientation`

 Last update: 16.07.2025 

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#### *class* Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.Enums.ContactOrientation

Bases: [`enum.Enum`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/enum.html#enum.Enum)

Specifies the ContactOrientation.

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## Overview

### Attributes

Name[`Circle`](#ContactOrientation.Circle)[`Cylinder`](#ContactOrientation.Cylinder)[`ProgramControlled`](#ContactOrientation.ProgramControlled)[`Sphere`](#ContactOrientation.Sphere)<a id="attribute-detail"></a>

## Attribute detail

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### ContactOrientation.Circle *= 1*

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### ContactOrientation.Cylinder *= 3*

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### ContactOrientation.ProgramControlled *= 0*

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### ContactOrientation.Sphere *= 2*