February 9, 2023 at 4:36 pm
SaiD
Ansys Employee

Hello,

Are you tieing the vertex of the beam connection to the edge of the hole? A better way would be to create imprints of the bolt heads and tie the vertex to that 'area' instead of an 'edge'. You may find this lesson helpful: Bolt Modeling Connections as Beam Elements | Ansys Courses