how to show sheetmetal plate flexing

Hello,

I'm working on an animation for a tool design. part of this tool isa sheet metal plate which is affixed to the body of the tool at thecenter of the plate, but is connected to two moving rods on eitherend, I'd like to animate the rods moving up and down, and the metalplate forming a nice even arc as a reaction to the rod's positions.
I've played with the deform tools, and I think that I would have tocreate a number of configurations and show each of them insequence, but I'm wondering if there's an easier way to accomplishthis. Anybody have any ideas on what I could try, or am I just outof luck?

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