{"id":356023,"date":"2024-03-08T03:08:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T03:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/coordinate-system-for-beam-section-properties\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T14:01:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T14:01:12","slug":"coordinate-system-for-beam-section-properties","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/coordinate-system-for-beam-section-properties\/","title":{"rendered":"Coordinate system for beam section properties"},"content":{"rendered":"

This page in the Spaceclaim documentation <\/a>gives the definitions for various cross sectional properties of a beam profile. This page <\/a>shows how to extract beam profiles from a solid.  But neither page defines the coordiante system for the cross section.  When I have multiple solid “beam-like” bodies and use the extract tool, it becomes impossible to determine how Ixx, Iyy, etc. are defined. The problem is especially acute when each of the solid bodies with the same extracted profile may all have different orientations.  Can anyone explain how the profiles’ coordinate systems are defined so I can interpret Ixx, Iyy, and the other cross sectional properties defined?  Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-356023","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-ansys-spaceclaim","topic-tag-beam-tool","topic-tag-moderator-spaceclaim"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t