{"id":459100,"date":"2026-06-01T12:20:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/acp-shell-normals-and-fiber-orientation-display-only-on-part-of-a-cylindr\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T12:20:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:20:22","slug":"acp-shell-normals-and-fiber-orientation-display-only-on-part-of-a-cylindr","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/acp-shell-normals-and-fiber-orientation-display-only-on-part-of-a-cylindr\/","title":{"rendered":"ACP Shell Normals and Fiber Orientation Display Only on Part of a Cylindr"},"content":{"rendered":"

<p data-start=”157″ data-end=”163″>Hello,<\/p><p data-start=”165″ data-end=”310″>I am working with <strong data-start=”183″ data-end=”204″>ANSYS ACP 2024 R2<\/strong> and have a problem with the visualization of shell normals and fiber orientations on a cylindrical shell.<\/p><p data-start=”312″ data-end=”322″><strong data-start=”312″ data-end=”322″>Model:<\/strong><\/p><ul data-start=”323″ data-end=”501″><li data-section-id=”1gpp32a” data-start=”323″ data-end=”358″>Simple cylindrical shell geometry<\/li>\n

<li data-section-id=”1jnwmpd” data-start=”359″ data-end=”423″>Cylindrical Rosette with the axis aligned to the cylinder axis<\/li>\n

<li data-section-id=”17mpq6f” data-start=”424″ data-end=”461″>Shell body imported from Mechanical<\/li>\n

<li data-section-id=”8kwtfp” data-start=”462″ data-end=”501″>Composite layup assigned successfully<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

<p data-start=”503″ data-end=”736″><strong data-start=”503″ data-end=”515″>Problem:<\/strong><br>When I display the <strong data-start=”535″ data-end=”552″>shell normals<\/strong> and <strong data-start=”557″ data-end=”579″>fiber orientations<\/strong>, the arrows appear only on approximately one half of the cylindrical surface. On the remaining part of the cylinder, very few or no arrows are shown at all.<\/p><p data-start=”738″ data-end=”888″>The cylinder is a continuous surface and I would expect the normals and orientation vectors to be displayed uniformly around the entire circumference.<\/p><p data-start=”890″ data-end=”913″>I have already checked:<\/p><ul data-start=”914″ data-end=”1007″><li data-section-id=”25maib” data-start=”914″ data-end=”934″>Rosette definition<\/li>\n

<li data-section-id=”1iuoxe8″ data-start=”935″ data-end=”964″>Coordinate system alignment<\/li>\n

<li data-section-id=”rah9y6″ data-start=”965″ data-end=”992″>Shell element orientation<\/li>\n

<li data-section-id=”7fhu46″ data-start=”993″ data-end=”1007″>Mesh quality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

<p data-start=”1009″ data-end=”1061″>However, I have not been able to identify the cause.<\/p><p data-start=”1063″ data-end=”1188″>My concern is that this issue may be related to the non-axisymmetric results I am obtaining later in the structural analysis.<\/p><p data-start=”1190″ data-end=”1337″>Has anyone encountered a similar problem or can explain why ACP displays the normals and orientation vectors only on part of the cylindrical shell?<\/p><p data-start=”1339″ data-end=”1430″>I have attached a screenshot showing the normals (green) and orientation vectors (magenta).<\/p><p data-start=”1432″ data-end=”1456″>Thank you for your help.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-459100","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27789"],"_bbp_topic_id":["459100"],"_bbp_subscription":["681898"],"_bbp_author_ip":["149.201.212.185"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["0"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["459100"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2026-06-01 12:20:22"],"_bbp_reply_count":["0"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["1"],"_bbp_engagement":["681898"],"_btv_view_count":["70"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"nabin-aryalalumni-fh-aachen-de"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/459100","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\/459100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}