Context: In cases where Abaqus/CAE attempts to draw coordinate systems for material orientations at singularity points of the system (i.e., points for which the user-selected coordinate system and the geometric normal from either geometry or elements cannot be resolved into a valid orientation for display purposes in Abaqus/CAE), the coordinate system will be drawn collapsed. For continuum shell elements, Abaqus/CAE does not project the displayed material orientations onto the midplane surface. You can perform a data check and view the output database in the Visualization module to verify the material orientations. For more information, see Performing a data check on a model. The material orientations that you assign to a part or region are assigned automatically to all instances of that part in the assembly. You can use the Query toolset to verify that you have assigned the correct material orientation to a selected region. For more information, see Using the Query toolset to obtain assignment information. You can edit, suppress, and resume previously defined material orientations by clicking mouse button 3 on the material orientation in the Model Tree and selecting the suppress or resume option from the list that appears. For more information, see Suppressing and resuming objects. |