# Help with setting up the analysis

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**Category:** General Questions\
**Created:** [December 16, 2024, 9:25am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/help-with-setting-up-the-analysis/2267 "2024-12-16T09:25:22Z")\
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You have a boundary condition on the contact surface, this should be avoided. You may need a different modeling approach here because of that. Maybe make the pin rigid or even exclude it and use the compression-only constraint instead: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYuvUbu6Sw8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYuvUbu6Sw8)

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