*TRANSFORM

Specify a local coordinate system at nodes.

This option is used to specify a local coordinate system for displacement and rotation degrees of freedom at a node.

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Transformed Coordinate Systems

ProductsAbaqus/StandardAbaqus/ExplicitAbaqus/CAE

TypeModel data

LevelPartPart instanceAssembly

Abaqus/CAEDefine nodal coordinate systems for prescribed conditions in the Load module.

Required parameters

NSET

Set this parameter equal to the name of the node set for which the local transformed system is being given.

Optional parameters

TYPE

Set TYPE=R (default) to indicate a rectangular Cartesian system (Figure 1). Set TYPE=C to indicate a cylindrical system (Figure 2). Set TYPE=S to indicate a spherical system (Figure 3).

Data line to define a transformed coordinate system

First (and only) line

  1. Global X-coordinate of point a specifying transformation.

  2. Global Y-coordinate of point a specifying transformation.

  3. Global Z-coordinate of point a specifying transformation.

  4. Global X-coordinate of point b specifying transformation.

  5. Global Y-coordinate of point b specifying transformation.

  6. Global Z-coordinate of point b specifying transformation.

Figure 1. Cartesian transformation option.

Figure 2. Cylindrical transformation option.

Figure 3. Spherical transformation option.