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[peteroznewman]

I don't know what results you desire, but I will tell you what I would change.

1) In Engineering Data, increase the Young's Modulus of neodymium by a factor of 1000. I expect the value you have is wrong, or the value was entered in the wrong units.  This is not a required step because a later step will set the behavior of this part to rigid.

2) In DesignModeler, use Tools > Midsurface to replace the Beam solid with a surface.

3) Suppress all the parts except for the Beam, Magnet, Airfoil and Small-Chip.

4) Change the Magnet and Airfoil to Behavior Rigid

5) Create a Remote Point at the center of the hole in the beam, scoped to the two edges of the hole. Name it hole.

6) Create a Remote Point at the center of the top face of the magnet, scoped to the two edge of the magnet. Name it magnet

7) Create a Remote Point using the two edges at the bottom of the hole in the airfoil and name it airfoil.

Insert a Beam Connection using the Remote Points between the magnet and the hole.

9) Insert a Beam Connection using the Remote Points between the airfoil and the hole.

10) Repair the Fixed support that is now on the edge of the sheet body of the beam.

Now you will find the first six modes of the structure are meaningful.