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 # create\_contact\_patch

 Last update: 17.07.2025 

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#### SurfaceUtilities.create\_contact\_patch(source\_zonelets, target\_zonelets, params)

Create a contact patch by offsetting the target zonelets.

- **Parameters:****source\_zonelets**: IDS for the source face zonelets.
    
    **target\_zonelets**: IDs for the target face zonelets.
    
    **params**: Parameters for controlling the contact patch creation.
- **Returns:**:
    
    [`CreateContactPatchResults`](ansys.meshing.prime.CreateContactPatchResults.md#ansys.meshing.prime.CreateContactPatchResults): Results from creating the contact patch.
- **Return type:**[`CreateContactPatchResults`](ansys.meshing.prime.CreateContactPatchResults.md#ansys.meshing.prime.CreateContactPatchResults)

### Examples

```pycon
&gt;&gt;&gt; result = surf_utils.create_contact_patch(zonelets, params)

```