Reply To: Analysis of Robotic Finger

[peteroznewman]

Apply the following changes to the last model you archived above and you should get the same result I got.

1. Delete the fixed end segment in SpaceClaim.
2. Repair the Fixed Joint and attach it to the new vertex.
3. Check that the Line body is still Truss/Link, it automatically reverts to Beam when you import the modified geometry.
4. Edit the Displacement and change the two rows of Free to 0.
5. Edit the Anaysis Settings and make step 1 have 100 Initial and Minimum substeps and 1000 Maximum Substeps.