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Ignore the thread completely and just connect the two parts by a union operation or through a Continuity pair. This approach will provide an accurate solution outside a region with a size of a couple of bolt diameters from the bolt hole.
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Use the simplified Bolt Thread Contact condition. With this approach, the stresses will be correct, except at distances where stress concentrations caused by the actual thread geometry are significant. The important part of the solution that can be captured by this simplified contact condition is that the contact pressure between the threads will push the walls of the bolt hole outward. This will cause significant tensile hoop stresses around the bolt hole.
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You must create one Contact Pair for each bolt and mating bolt hole. The bolt should be the destination side of the contact pair.
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Since the contacting boundaries are cylindrical, there is a risk that the bolt, instead of computing the gap to the nearest point on the bolt hole, will instead see a point on the opposite side. A good practice is to select Manual control of search distance in the settings for the Contact Pair. Half the diameter of the bolt is an appropriate search distance.
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Since the relative displacements between the bolt and the hole are small, setting Mapping method to Initial Configuration in the settings for the Contact Pair can improve efficiency.
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