Rotation of beam cross section in Ansys interface

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

How to rotate the cross section of beam (1D element) in Ansys profile?

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  • Rahul Rajan_21763
    Rahul Rajan_21763 New Altair Community Member
    edited March 2017

    Hi Manoj,

     

    Using Orientation option one can rotate cross section of beam.PFA screenshot from HM -Ansys tutorials.

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited November 2020

    Hello Rahul Sir,

    How to align beam to connected shell element , am working in Ansys(Aerospace) interface there in Aerospace menu > Beams> Beams from Lines

    i don't know whether my beam is properly arranged or not but in optistruct it is working fine

     

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  • Rahul Rajan_21763
    Rahul Rajan_21763 New Altair Community Member
    edited November 2020

    Please refer attached document on Element orientation.

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