BeamOrientation object

The BeamOrientation object represents the direction of the first beam section axis n1. Specifying the beam orientation using an additional node in the element connectivity list is not supported.

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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 n1-direction of the beam cross-section.