In this work, the effects of conical indentation variables on the load-depth indentation curves were analyzed using finite element modeling and dimensional analysis. A factorial design 2 6 was used with the aim of quantifying the effects of the mechanical properties of the indented material and of the indenter geometry. Analysis was based on the input variables Y/E, R/h max , n, y, E, and h max . The dimensional variables E and h max were used such that each value of dimensionless Y/E was obtained with two different values of E and each value of dimensionless R/h max was obtained with two different h max values. A set of dimensionless functions was defined to analyze the effect of the input variables:, P 2 = h c /h, P 3 = H/Y, P 4 = S/Eh max , P 6 = h max /h f , and P 7 = W p /W T . These six functions were found to depend only on the dimensionless variables studied (Y/E, R/ h max , n, y). Another dimensionless function, P 5 = b, was not well defined for most of the dimensionless variables and the only variable that provided a significant effect on b was y. However, b showed a strong dependence on the fraction of the data selected to fit the unloading curve, which means that b is especially susceptible to the error in the calculation of the initial unloading slope.