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The soft tissue is connected to the

The soft tissue is connected to the

The soft tissue is connected to the

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The soft tissue is connected to the bones with tie constraints. I'm having better luck getting it to solve when I turn off "adjust slave surface initial position". This to me suggests that the fragility of the model is in fact due to the warped elements. I will continue to improve the mesh structure. Abaqus is frustrating in that two versions of a model can run with the exact same warnings, but one converges while the other does not...

I seem to be on the right track for now, thanks for your help, once again!

Sam

RE: The soft tissue is connected to the

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Woops, that was supposed to be a response to another post, not a new post!

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