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A rigid body mode is a mode of deformation that does not alter the stress in the body. Uniform translation or rotation of the entire model are two possible rigid body modes. In the presence of a rigid body mode, the solution is not uniquely defined and FEBio will most likely throw negative Jacobians. The solution is to identify the rigid body mode and to eliminate it by applying additional constraints to the model.