elemental coordinate system in HyperView
hi,
I am looking for a solution to get information about the elemental system of a specific element.
I know it is possible to review the elemental system. but I need detail information like origin coordinates, axis components, etc...
Is there any command or any method to get these data?? appreciate your help!
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hi Tinh,
Actually, I tried that method. But it didn't work. there is something weird in system calculation in HyperView. Below is the output of my macro. there is a slight difference between my output system and the expected result.
This difference becomes more significant when the warpage is large
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
An you adjust calculation with warpage?
I think x is ok
You need adjust z only. Can you do it?
I am able to get the normal direction of the element, nodal coordinates, centroid coordinates. I used these values to calculate the direction for the system. The result is as above.
If I need to adjust z, I don't know how much should I change, where can I find out the value for the adjustment
Do you know how elem's normal is calculated?
I remember there's a topic about it. Can you search it
OK. let me check and revert back later
You can calc them from node coordinates
Tria: origin=n1, x=n1n2
Quad: origin=center, x= mid ray of angle n2-O-n3