The connection is hinged causing rigid body motion of the top plate. Keep in mind that *DISTRIBUTING COUPLING in CalculiX can’t handle rotations/moments. But even *KINEMATIC COUPLING will have the same problem. Try with 3 beams per bolt like in the synt’s screenshot above. You should also activate contact between the plates and then try to get it to converge (maybe with displacement controlled loading for now).
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