Error with Beam element

Hi @nikhillonkar92, 

I believe that you will need to define an orientation node as N3. 

*ELEMENT_BEAM

N1 - Nodal point (end) 1.

N2 - Nodal point (end) 2. This node is optional for the spot weld, beam type 9,
since if it not defined it will be created automatically and given a non-conflicting
nodal point ID. Nodes N1 and N2 are automatically positioned for the spot weld
beam element. For the zero length discrete beam elements where one end is
attached to ground, set N2 = -N1. For this case, a fully constrained nodal point
will be created with a unique ID for node N2.

N3 - Nodal point 3 for orientation. The third node, N3, is optional for beam types
3, 6, 7, 8, and, if the cross-section is circular, beam types 1 and 9. The third node
is used for the discrete beam, type 6, if and only if SCOOR is set to 2.0 in the
*SECTION_BEAM input, but even in this case it is optional. An orientation vector
can be defined directly by using the option, ORIENTATION. For this case N3 can be
defined as zero.

Hi @1993276, 

I'm pretty sure that error is saying that you N3 is either the same node as N1 or N2 or is location along the vector N1->N2. So you will need to assign another node as you orientation node for N3.