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[wonjong.eun]

I created a triangle mesh in ANSYS Mechanical and imported it into the APDL.

When I checked the nodes in the ELIST, I saw that they were aligned CCW.

Does anyone know why this is happening and how I can fix it?

[mrife]

Wonjong

Is there anything to fix?  The orientation determines the element out-of-plane normal direction.  Maybe it is supposed to point in that direction - hard to tell with only one element and no knowledge of the CAD or intent.  

[dlooman]

If the element is a 3D contact element or a 3D thermal surface effect element (surf152), esurf,,reverse will renumber it.