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[peteroznewman]

What are the Analysis Settings?  Especially the Initial, Minimum and Maximum Timesteps?

What face was used for the Translation Joint?

What face was used for the Revolute Joint?

What does the mesh look like?

Under the Solution Information folder, show the Force Convergence plot.

Under the Solution Information folder type a 3 for the Newton-Raphson Residual Plot and a 3 to show the Element Violations. After you solve with those numbers entered, there will be a Named Selection that shows the Element listed in the Error. Show where that element is.