# Activate and also deactivate Contacts and Constrains

**URL:** <https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/activate-and-also-deactivate-contacts-and-constrains/505>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [November 3, 2022, 10:09am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/activate-and-also-deactivate-contacts-and-constrains/505 "2022-11-03T10:09:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ANYS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/prepomax.discourse.group/anys/32/7737_2.png) [@ANYS](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/ANYS)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 10:09am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/activate-and-also-deactivate-contacts-and-constrains/505/1 "2022-11-03T10:09:37Z")

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Hi Matej,

I think it could be interesting to be able to activate and also deactivate Contacts and Constrains same as forces and BC’s. It would help noticeably for debugging purposes.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![FEAnalyst](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/prepomax.discourse.group/feanalyst/32/688_2.png) [@FEAnalyst](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/FEAnalyst)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 10:22am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/activate-and-also-deactivate-contacts-and-constrains/505/2 "2022-11-03T10:22:03Z")

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It’s already possible:

![deactivated](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/prepomax/original/1X/a600c5b47129a246f233649447666af9afd4b1dc.png)

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**Author:** ![ANYS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/prepomax.discourse.group/anys/32/7737_2.png) [@ANYS](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/ANYS)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 10:29am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/activate-and-also-deactivate-contacts-and-constrains/505/3 "2022-11-03T10:29:49Z")

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Oh thanks, I was trying to deactivate the contact at the Surface interaction menu.

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**Author:** ![FEAnalyst](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/prepomax.discourse.group/feanalyst/32/688_2.png) [@FEAnalyst](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/FEAnalyst)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/activate-and-also-deactivate-contacts-and-constrains/505/4 "2022-11-06T14:08:46Z")

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