{"id":162146,"date":"2023-01-25T07:34:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T07:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/is-there-a-way-to-show-the-element-coordinate-systems-so-that-i-know-what-direction-the-bending-moments-are-in-3\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T12:36:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T12:36:28","slug":"is-there-a-way-to-show-the-element-coordinate-systems-so-that-i-know-what-direction-the-bending-moments-are-in-3","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/is-there-a-way-to-show-the-element-coordinate-systems-so-that-i-know-what-direction-the-bending-moments-are-in-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Is there a way to show the element coordinate systems, so that I know what direction the bending moments are in?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes.  The following steps will display the element coordinate systems:  1.Go to \u2018Solution\u2019  2.Right click >> Insert >> Co-ordinate System >> Elemental Triads 3.Select the geometry in the \u2018Scope\u2019 options 4.Evaluate the results. It will display the elemental co-ordinate system for elements of selected geometry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-162146","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-17-2","topic-tag-beams-and-shells","topic-tag-mechanical","topic-tag-modeling-and-meshing","topic-tag-structural-mechanics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_wp_page_template":["default"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27793"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["1-24-2023  20:20:21"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.56.168.180"],"_btv_view_count":["568"],"siebel_km_number":["2045082"],"product_version":["17.2"],"km_published_date":["2016-11-25T18:52:39.000Z"],"family":["Structural Mechanics"],"application_name":["Mechanical"]},"test":"articlesansys-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/162146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/162146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}