Reply To: ANSYS Pure bending simulation

[dlooman]

If Large Deflection is On, the element coordinate system rotates with the element so the results will be relative to the deformed position of the element.  Nodal coordinate systems don't rotate, even with large deflection on, so nodal results, like reaction forces are in the undeformed nodal coordinate system, frequently the global coordinate system if the node hasn't been rotated.