BeamOrientation object

The BeamOrientation object represents the direction of the first beam section axis $n_{1}$ . Specifying the beam orientation using an additional node in the element connectivity list is not supported.

The following topics are discussed:

Access
Members

Access

odb.parts()[name].beamOrientations(i)
odb.rootAssembly().instances()[name].beamOrientations(i)
odb.steps()[name].frames(i).fieldOutputs()[name].values(i).instance()\
.beamOrientations(i)

Members

The BeamOrientation object can have the following members:

Prototype

odb_Set region() const;
odb_Enum::odb_OrientationMethodEnum method() const;
odb_SequenceFloat vector() const;

method: An odb_Enum::odb_OrientationMethodEnum specifying the orientation assignment method. Possible values are odb_Enum::N1_COSINES, odb_Enum::CSYS, and odb_Enum::VECT.
region: An OdbSet object specifying a region for which the beam orientation is defined.
vector: An odb_SequenceFloat specifying direction cosines of the $n_{1}$ -direction of the beam cross-section.