# Zone joint contacts in Python

**URL:** <https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/zone-joint-contacts-in-python/1941>\
**Category:** FLAC3D\
**Tags:** python\
**Created:** [February 11, 2025, 10:50am UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/zone-joint-contacts-in-python/1941 "2025-02-11T10:50:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 10:50am UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/zone-joint-contacts-in-python/1941/1 "2025-02-11T10:50:42Z")

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Hi all!  
I wanted to test using Python to handle zone joint contacts in FLAC3D. Is it possible? For instance, I tried the function itasca.contact.find() but could not figure out what contact type to give as argument to the function. Can I access contact extra variables, forces, displacements etc. of the zone joint contacts?