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How to constraint 6DOF for a surface in a Flexible body (MNF)?

Abbas Shafiee
I have generated an MNF file in Abaqus and a node of a surface is fixed and the node is MPC beam constraint to the target surface. My FEA results are correct and the surface tied to the node is fixed as expected. 
 
Now the MNF file with these BCs is generated and imported to Adams. Now I want to compare deformation from Adams and Abaqus. They are totally different even though the surface was fixed in ABAQUS and had zero displacements, it has displacement in ADAMS. Please look at the following image for more information and please help me out with what causes this issue. 
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    Hi Abbas,
    The deformation scaling has no real physical meaning, it is there to help you understand things better. As the name indicates this is an exageration and there is no wrong in it, please see the following in Ahelp:
     
    Adams Advanced Package > Adams Flex > Reviewing Results > Visually Investigating Results
     
    'Scaling the Deformations
    You can change the amount by which Adams Flex deforms a mode. You can exaggerate deformations so you can see deformations that might otherwise be too subtle to see, or you can limit the deformations. The default scale factor is 1.
    Note that setting the scale factor to a value other than 1 can make the joints at the flexible body appear to separate. This is because the motion of a point on a flexible body is the sum of the deformation that has been scaled and a rigid body motion that is not scaled.
    In addition, if you set the scale to 0, Adams Flex treats the flexible body as a rigid body during animations.'
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    Hi Abbas,
    The deformation scaling has no real physical meaning, it is there to help you understand things better. As the name indicates this is an exageration and there is no wrong in it, please see the following in Ahelp:
     
    Adams Advanced Package > Adams Flex > Reviewing Results > Visually Investigating Results
     
    'Scaling the Deformations
    You can change the amount by which Adams Flex deforms a mode. You can exaggerate deformations so you can see deformations that might otherwise be too subtle to see, or you can limit the deformations. The default scale factor is 1.
    Note that setting the scale factor to a value other than 1 can make the joints at the flexible body appear to separate. This is because the motion of a point on a flexible body is the sum of the deformation that has been scaled and a rigid body motion that is not scaled.
    In addition, if you set the scale to 0, Adams Flex treats the flexible body as a rigid body during animations.'
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