{"id":51247,"date":"2021-01-13T15:05:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T15:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/ls-prepost-how-to-print-beam-element-sectional-dimensions-in-d3plot-file\/"},"modified":"2021-01-13T15:05:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T15:05:27","slug":"ls-prepost-how-to-print-beam-element-sectional-dimensions-in-d3plot-file","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/ls-prepost-how-to-print-beam-element-sectional-dimensions-in-d3plot-file\/","title":{"rendered":"LS PrePost &#8211; How to print beam element sectional dimensions in d3plot file"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, I am using  LS-PrePost to postprocess with a research code, and I had a question regarding beam elements: how do I print the beam sectional dimensions in the d3plot file? nI understand that I need to have this information in the IX2() matrix, when I print the geometry information for the beam elements, but the database manual is a bit confusing. It reads that each 2-node element requires 6 numbers in the input, ordered as follows:nConnectivity, orientation node, 2 null entries, and the material number. But after that, the same description says the last two number (sic) contain the beam type and length to width ratio*100 and length to height ratio*100.nShould the aforementioned 2 ratios be placed in the 4th and 5th values? If yes, do I also need to provide any additional information for the element, so that the sectional dimensions are read by PrePost?n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-51247","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["23511"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":["&\u0001\u0005??\u0000i ??\u000f(#-?'"],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["1513"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["51247"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27814"],"_bbp_engagement":["185012","185048"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["9"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["139248"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["139248"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2021-01-18 21:27:46"]},"test":"ikoutromanos"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/51247","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\/51247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}