Orient Bar2 Elements
Use the Stiffener Mesh: Orient tool to define bar2 orientation vectors or orientation nodes.
There are two kinds of orientation vectors: Global and Basic. Global is used for displacement systems (or analysis). Basic is the HyperMesh global system (where system ID = 0).
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Orient Bar2 Elements from Lines
Use the Stiffener Mesh: Orient tool to define the bar2 orientation vectors from selected lines.
This tool differs slightly from 1D Mesh: Orient in that it not only enables the selection of elements but also enables free lines as a source.
When the selector type is free lines, 3D visualization for elements is turned OFF. The selection of lines will result in 1D elements found matching the line by proximity. 1D elements selection is resolved only on proceed, so there is no highlighting of elements from the selected lines.