{"id":279754,"date":"2023-04-17T07:32:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T07:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/element-direction\/"},"modified":"2023-04-17T07:32:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T07:32:19","slug":"element-direction","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/element-direction\/","title":{"rendered":"Element direction.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello,<\/p>\n<p>I am trying to model an orthotropic material using shell elements, but I have noticed that the elements have different directions. Aren&#8217;t they all supposed to have the same direction? Won&#8217;t this be a problem with an orthotropic material?<\/p>\n<p>I would really appreciate if you could clarify this to me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/17-04-2023-1681716710-Elements_Directions.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-279754","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["276838","240","181804"],"_bbp_author_ip":["168.143.243.24"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["3142"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["279754"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27814"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","181804","276838"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["11"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["280725"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["280725"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-04-21 16:25:10"]},"test":"a-s-r-faragst-hanze-nl"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/279754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/279754\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}