When setting up a general contact analysis, consider the following hints and recommendations:
Consider the feature angle carefully when issuing GCGEN. Select a value that will produce the desired contact surfaces and edges.
When using the exclude option (GCDEF,EXCL) along with node components (to identify surfaces), use the _FACE component name extension to exclude only surface contact. Otherwise, both surface and edge elements will be excluded by default.
Always verify the normal direction of the rigid surface target elements.