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The problem right now I am facing is with the shared topology or contact issues near the junction of main legs of tower where the tower changes its profile from TAPERED to UNIFORM at 25m of Height.(You can see that in above drawing). [used SHARED TOPOLOGY IN Design Modeler]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have run a MODAL ANALYSIS so that I can understand which elements are flying off to determine weak contacts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/NJoCpIA.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/VOxmxph.gif\"><\/p>\n<p>As you can see in the above the GIFs The line bodies are flying off. What modifications should be made to deal with this issue. 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