Element Orientation in Local Axes for 2D Problems

[ozancemcelik]

I could not see the necessary information to define the element orientation for 2D problems in the manual. The only information available is

in 2D - bending is about the local z-axis

as a footnote. But, the direction of z-axis also matters especially if you have different top and bottom beam reinforcements.

I think, somewhere in the manual, it should say "local z-axis and global z-axis coincide."

And it might be helpful if "counter-clockwise" expression in explaining the Quadrilateral Patch command can be replaced with "counter-clockwise about x-axis."

Regards,

Ozan Cem Celik.