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Patran: shell orientation for laminate material

Thread starter rodrigomc
Start date Dec 7, 2005

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Dec 7, 2005

rodrigomc

Automotive

Hello everyone,

I am using 2D elements to represent a composite material in Patran. I have problems because I cannot manage to orientate each element as I'd want to (for example, x direction alinged with an edge of the geometry). Is there a way to do that?

Any help would be great!

Thank you.