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Is there a way in Patran to modify the local coordinate systems of shell elements (quad4 and tri3) to align with a user defined coordinate system?

jason.melonas over 5 years ago

Is there a way in Patran to modify the local coordinate systems of shell elements (quad4 and tri3) to align with a user defined coordinate system?

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0 jason.melonas over 5 years ago

Hi Arthur,
What I’m really trying to do is align the first edge of a quad or tri element (direction of node 1 to 2 and thus the element coordinate system) with a user defined coordinate system X axis.
Thanks so much for your time
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0 jason.melonas over 5 years ago

Hi Arthur,
What I’m really trying to do is align the first edge of a quad or tri element (direction of node 1 to 2 and thus the element coordinate system) with a user defined coordinate system X axis.
Thanks so much for your time
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