# COMPRESSION ONLY for simulating bolts and nut faces

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**Category:** General Questions\
**Created:** [November 28, 2025, 10:07am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/compression-only-for-simulating-bolts-and-nut-faces/3110 "2025-11-28T10:07:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 28, 2025, 11:17am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/compression-only-for-simulating-bolts-and-nut-faces/3110/6 "2025-11-28T11:17:32Z")

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These forum threads (and some others) can also be helpful:

> [@Best way to find force in bolted connection](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/best-way-to-find-force-in-bolted-connection/1498):
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> This connection is a part of a bigger assembly made of welded steel profiles. The two beams in the picture are supposed to be bolted together using two steel plates on the sides and 16 bolts. I already have the whole thing simulated in PrePoMax but now i wonder what the best way would be to find the force that needs to be held by the bolts. My first thought was to create a surface contact on the contact faces and then check the surface contact force with a his…

[Quick connection of assembled parts](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/quick-connection-of-assembled-parts/2058) (at the end the approach from the video tutorial is discussed)  
[Why the top plate displacement is zero?](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/why-the-top-plate-displacement-is-zero/2667) (discusses the approach with spring and beam elements)

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