Empathy List Archives

MR

Matthew Ridzon, PE

Fri, Sep 20, 2024 3:12 PM

Folks,

I would like to know if it is possible to create a Cartesian coordinate system in Mechanical whose principal axis aligns between two nodes. In other words, I want to place the origin of the coordinate system at a specific node. I want its X axis to point directly towards another nearby node in the model. I know the CS command in APDL will do it, but I cannot find a way to do this in Mechanical.

Matt Ridzon, PE, MSME
Sr. Engineering Analyst

Email matt@prime-engineer.com mailto:matt@prime-engineer.com
Mail 266 Main St, Burlington, VT 05401
Web www.prime-engineer.com http://www.prime-engineer.com/
[A blue hexagon with white letters Description automatically generated]
PRIME ENGINEERING LLC

This message (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary, privileged and/or private information. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity designated above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately, and delete the message and any attachments. Any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this message or any attachments by an individual or entity other than the intended recipient is prohibited.

Folks, I would like to know if it is possible to create a Cartesian coordinate system in Mechanical whose principal axis aligns between two nodes. In other words, I want to place the origin of the coordinate system at a specific node. I want its X axis to point directly towards another nearby node in the model. I know the CS command in APDL will do it, but I cannot find a way to do this in Mechanical. Matt Ridzon, PE, MSME Sr. Engineering Analyst Email matt@prime-engineer.com<mailto:matt@prime-engineer.com> Mail 266 Main St, Burlington, VT 05401 Web www.prime-engineer.com<http://www.prime-engineer.com/> [A blue hexagon with white letters Description automatically generated] PRIME ENGINEERING LLC This message (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary, privileged and/or private information. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity designated above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately, and delete the message and any attachments. Any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this message or any attachments by an individual or entity other than the intended recipient is prohibited.

F

Factoo,Anjum

Mon, Sep 23, 2024 5:21 AM

Hi Matt,

If I understood your problem correctly, that's straight forward, I guess.

You can follow the steps as follows:

1- Right click and create a new coordinate system in the model tree. By default, it will be cartesian.
2- Now go down to Details section on the bottom left side. In the origin section change the "Define By" value to Geometry selection. Now u can click the node where you want to place ur origin of the new coordinate system. The direction of each axis will be aligned to the global coordinate system at this point.
3- Now go to the principal axis section, The Axis will be "X" by default. Below it there is a section "Define By" Change it to "Geometry selection". Now pick the second node towards which you want to align ur X-axis.

This should be it. Let me know if this works.

Thanks
Anjum

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Ridzon, PE via Xansys xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2024 8:43 PM
To: xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Cc: Matthew Ridzon, PE Matt@prime-engineer.com
Subject: [External] [Xansys] Aligning Coordinate System Between Nodes in Mechanical

This email is from an external source. Please exercise caution in opening attachments or links.

Folks,

I would like to know if it is possible to create a Cartesian coordinate system in Mechanical whose principal axis aligns between two nodes. In other words, I want to place the origin of the coordinate system at a specific node. I want its X axis to point directly towards another nearby node in the model. I know the CS command in APDL will do it, but I cannot find a way to do this in Mechanical.

Matt Ridzon, PE, MSME
Sr. Engineering Analyst

Email matt@prime-engineer.com mailto:matt@prime-engineer.com
Mail 266 Main St, Burlington, VT 05401
Web http://www.prime-engineer.com/http://www.prime-engineer.com/
[A blue hexagon with white letters Description automatically generated] PRIME ENGINEERING LLC

This message (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary, privileged and/or private information. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity designated above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately, and delete the message and any attachments. Any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this message or any attachments by an individual or entity other than the intended recipient is prohibited.

Hi Matt, If I understood your problem correctly, that's straight forward, I guess. You can follow the steps as follows: 1- Right click and create a new coordinate system in the model tree. By default, it will be cartesian. 2- Now go down to Details section on the bottom left side. In the origin section change the "Define By" value to Geometry selection. Now u can click the node where you want to place ur origin of the new coordinate system. The direction of each axis will be aligned to the global coordinate system at this point. 3- Now go to the principal axis section, The Axis will be "X" by default. Below it there is a section "Define By" Change it to "Geometry selection". Now pick the second node towards which you want to align ur X-axis. This should be it. Let me know if this works. Thanks Anjum -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Ridzon, PE via Xansys <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2024 8:43 PM To: xansys-temp@list.xansys.org Cc: Matthew Ridzon, PE <Matt@prime-engineer.com> Subject: [External] [Xansys] Aligning Coordinate System Between Nodes in Mechanical This email is from an external source. Please exercise caution in opening attachments or links. Folks, I would like to know if it is possible to create a Cartesian coordinate system in Mechanical whose principal axis aligns between two nodes. In other words, I want to place the origin of the coordinate system at a specific node. I want its X axis to point directly towards another nearby node in the model. I know the CS command in APDL will do it, but I cannot find a way to do this in Mechanical. Matt Ridzon, PE, MSME Sr. Engineering Analyst Email matt@prime-engineer.com<mailto:matt@prime-engineer.com> Mail 266 Main St, Burlington, VT 05401 Web http://www.prime-engineer.com/<http://www.prime-engineer.com/> [A blue hexagon with white letters Description automatically generated] PRIME ENGINEERING LLC This message (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary, privileged and/or private information. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity designated above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately, and delete the message and any attachments. Any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this message or any attachments by an individual or entity other than the intended recipient is prohibited.

F

Factoo,Anjum

Mon, Sep 23, 2024 5:29 AM

Small Correction in Step 3

You should pick both the nodes (origin and Second node) when defining the direction of the X-axis.

Thanks
Anjum

-----Original Message-----
From: Factoo,Anjum via Xansys xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2024 10:52 AM
To: XANSYS Mailing List Home xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Cc: Matthew Ridzon, PE Matt@prime-engineer.com; Factoo,Anjum FACTOOA@airproducts.com
Subject: [Xansys] Re: [External] Aligning Coordinate System Between Nodes in Mechanical

This email is from an external source. Please exercise caution in opening attachments or links.

Hi Matt,

If I understood your problem correctly, that's straight forward, I guess.

You can follow the steps as follows:

1- Right click and create a new coordinate system in the model tree. By default, it will be cartesian.
2- Now go down to Details section on the bottom left side. In the origin section change the "Define By" value to Geometry selection. Now u can click the node where you want to place ur origin of the new coordinate system. The direction of each axis will be aligned to the global coordinate system at this point.
3- Now go to the principal axis section, The Axis will be "X" by default. Below it there is a section "Define By" Change it to "Geometry selection". Now pick the second node towards which you want to align ur X-axis.

This should be it. Let me know if this works.

Thanks
Anjum

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Ridzon, PE via Xansys xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2024 8:43 PM
To: xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Cc: Matthew Ridzon, PE Matt@prime-engineer.com
Subject: [External] [Xansys] Aligning Coordinate System Between Nodes in Mechanical

This email is from an external source. Please exercise caution in opening attachments or links.

Folks,

I would like to know if it is possible to create a Cartesian coordinate system in Mechanical whose principal axis aligns between two nodes. In other words, I want to place the origin of the coordinate system at a specific node. I want its X axis to point directly towards another nearby node in the model. I know the CS command in APDL will do it, but I cannot find a way to do this in Mechanical.

Matt Ridzon, PE, MSME
Sr. Engineering Analyst

Email matt@prime-engineer.com mailto:matt@prime-engineer.com
Mail 266 Main St, Burlington, VT 05401
Web http://www.prime-engineer.com/http://www.prime-engineer.com/
[A blue hexagon with white letters Description automatically generated] PRIME ENGINEERING LLC

This message (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary, privileged and/or private information. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity designated above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately, and delete the message and any attachments. Any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this message or any attachments by an individual or entity other than the intended recipient is prohibited.

Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org To unsubscribe send an email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org If you are receiving too many emails from XANSYS please consider changing account settings to Digest mode which will send a single email per day.

Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list

Small Correction in Step 3 You should pick both the nodes (origin and Second node) when defining the direction of the X-axis. Thanks Anjum -----Original Message----- From: Factoo,Anjum via Xansys <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2024 10:52 AM To: XANSYS Mailing List Home <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Cc: Matthew Ridzon, PE <Matt@prime-engineer.com>; Factoo,Anjum <FACTOOA@airproducts.com> Subject: [Xansys] Re: [External] Aligning Coordinate System Between Nodes in Mechanical This email is from an external source. Please exercise caution in opening attachments or links. Hi Matt, If I understood your problem correctly, that's straight forward, I guess. You can follow the steps as follows: 1- Right click and create a new coordinate system in the model tree. By default, it will be cartesian. 2- Now go down to Details section on the bottom left side. In the origin section change the "Define By" value to Geometry selection. Now u can click the node where you want to place ur origin of the new coordinate system. The direction of each axis will be aligned to the global coordinate system at this point. 3- Now go to the principal axis section, The Axis will be "X" by default. Below it there is a section "Define By" Change it to "Geometry selection". Now pick the second node towards which you want to align ur X-axis. This should be it. Let me know if this works. Thanks Anjum -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Ridzon, PE via Xansys <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2024 8:43 PM To: xansys-temp@list.xansys.org Cc: Matthew Ridzon, PE <Matt@prime-engineer.com> Subject: [External] [Xansys] Aligning Coordinate System Between Nodes in Mechanical This email is from an external source. Please exercise caution in opening attachments or links. Folks, I would like to know if it is possible to create a Cartesian coordinate system in Mechanical whose principal axis aligns between two nodes. In other words, I want to place the origin of the coordinate system at a specific node. I want its X axis to point directly towards another nearby node in the model. I know the CS command in APDL will do it, but I cannot find a way to do this in Mechanical. Matt Ridzon, PE, MSME Sr. Engineering Analyst Email matt@prime-engineer.com<mailto:matt@prime-engineer.com> Mail 266 Main St, Burlington, VT 05401 Web http://www.prime-engineer.com/<http://www.prime-engineer.com/> [A blue hexagon with white letters Description automatically generated] PRIME ENGINEERING LLC This message (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary, privileged and/or private information. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity designated above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately, and delete the message and any attachments. Any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this message or any attachments by an individual or entity other than the intended recipient is prohibited. _______________________________________________ Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org To unsubscribe send an email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org If you are receiving too many emails from XANSYS please consider changing account settings to Digest mode which will send a single email per day. Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list

MR

Matthew Ridzon, PE

Mon, Sep 23, 2024 11:43 AM

Anjum,

Thank you! Someone else shared the same tip with me. It wouldn't work initially when I only selected the second node for step 3. I incorrectly assumed it would auto-detect the first node at the origin, but I guess not.

Nevertheless, thank you!

-Matt

-----Original Message-----
From: Factoo,Anjum FACTOOA@airproducts.com
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2024 1:29 AM
To: XANSYS Mailing List Home xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Cc: Matthew Ridzon, PE Matt@prime-engineer.com
Subject: RE: [Xansys] Re: [External] Aligning Coordinate System Between Nodes in Mechanical

Small Correction in Step 3

You should pick both the nodes (origin and Second node) when defining the direction of the X-axis.

Thanks
Anjum

-----Original Message-----
From: Factoo,Anjum via Xansys xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2024 10:52 AM
To: XANSYS Mailing List Home xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Cc: Matthew Ridzon, PE Matt@prime-engineer.com; Factoo,Anjum FACTOOA@airproducts.com
Subject: [Xansys] Re: [External] Aligning Coordinate System Between Nodes in Mechanical

This email is from an external source. Please exercise caution in opening attachments or links.

Hi Matt,

If I understood your problem correctly, that's straight forward, I guess.

You can follow the steps as follows:

1- Right click and create a new coordinate system in the model tree. By default, it will be cartesian.
2- Now go down to Details section on the bottom left side. In the origin section change the "Define By" value to Geometry selection. Now u can click the node where you want to place ur origin of the new coordinate system. The direction of each axis will be aligned to the global coordinate system at this point.
3- Now go to the principal axis section, The Axis will be "X" by default. Below it there is a section "Define By" Change it to "Geometry selection". Now pick the second node towards which you want to align ur X-axis.

This should be it. Let me know if this works.

Thanks
Anjum

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Ridzon, PE via Xansys xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2024 8:43 PM
To: xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Cc: Matthew Ridzon, PE Matt@prime-engineer.com
Subject: [External] [Xansys] Aligning Coordinate System Between Nodes in Mechanical

This email is from an external source. Please exercise caution in opening attachments or links.

Folks,

I would like to know if it is possible to create a Cartesian coordinate system in Mechanical whose principal axis aligns between two nodes. In other words, I want to place the origin of the coordinate system at a specific node. I want its X axis to point directly towards another nearby node in the model. I know the CS command in APDL will do it, but I cannot find a way to do this in Mechanical.

Matt Ridzon, PE, MSME
Sr. Engineering Analyst

Email matt@prime-engineer.com mailto:matt@prime-engineer.com
Mail 266 Main St, Burlington, VT 05401
Web http://www.prime-engineer.com/http://www.prime-engineer.com/
[A blue hexagon with white letters Description automatically generated] PRIME ENGINEERING LLC

This message (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary, privileged and/or private information. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity designated above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately, and delete the message and any attachments. Any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this message or any attachments by an individual or entity other than the intended recipient is prohibited.

Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org To unsubscribe send an email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org If you are receiving too many emails from XANSYS please consider changing account settings to Digest mode which will send a single email per day.

Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list

Anjum, Thank you! Someone else shared the same tip with me. It wouldn't work initially when I only selected the second node for step 3. I incorrectly assumed it would auto-detect the first node at the origin, but I guess not. Nevertheless, thank you! -Matt -----Original Message----- From: Factoo,Anjum <FACTOOA@airproducts.com> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2024 1:29 AM To: XANSYS Mailing List Home <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Cc: Matthew Ridzon, PE <Matt@prime-engineer.com> Subject: RE: [Xansys] Re: [External] Aligning Coordinate System Between Nodes in Mechanical Small Correction in Step 3 You should pick both the nodes (origin and Second node) when defining the direction of the X-axis. Thanks Anjum -----Original Message----- From: Factoo,Anjum via Xansys <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2024 10:52 AM To: XANSYS Mailing List Home <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Cc: Matthew Ridzon, PE <Matt@prime-engineer.com>; Factoo,Anjum <FACTOOA@airproducts.com> Subject: [Xansys] Re: [External] Aligning Coordinate System Between Nodes in Mechanical This email is from an external source. Please exercise caution in opening attachments or links. Hi Matt, If I understood your problem correctly, that's straight forward, I guess. You can follow the steps as follows: 1- Right click and create a new coordinate system in the model tree. By default, it will be cartesian. 2- Now go down to Details section on the bottom left side. In the origin section change the "Define By" value to Geometry selection. Now u can click the node where you want to place ur origin of the new coordinate system. The direction of each axis will be aligned to the global coordinate system at this point. 3- Now go to the principal axis section, The Axis will be "X" by default. Below it there is a section "Define By" Change it to "Geometry selection". Now pick the second node towards which you want to align ur X-axis. This should be it. Let me know if this works. Thanks Anjum -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Ridzon, PE via Xansys <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2024 8:43 PM To: xansys-temp@list.xansys.org Cc: Matthew Ridzon, PE <Matt@prime-engineer.com> Subject: [External] [Xansys] Aligning Coordinate System Between Nodes in Mechanical This email is from an external source. Please exercise caution in opening attachments or links. Folks, I would like to know if it is possible to create a Cartesian coordinate system in Mechanical whose principal axis aligns between two nodes. In other words, I want to place the origin of the coordinate system at a specific node. I want its X axis to point directly towards another nearby node in the model. I know the CS command in APDL will do it, but I cannot find a way to do this in Mechanical. Matt Ridzon, PE, MSME Sr. Engineering Analyst Email matt@prime-engineer.com<mailto:matt@prime-engineer.com> Mail 266 Main St, Burlington, VT 05401 Web http://www.prime-engineer.com/<http://www.prime-engineer.com/> [A blue hexagon with white letters Description automatically generated] PRIME ENGINEERING LLC This message (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary, privileged and/or private information. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity designated above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately, and delete the message and any attachments. Any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this message or any attachments by an individual or entity other than the intended recipient is prohibited. _______________________________________________ Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org To unsubscribe send an email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org If you are receiving too many emails from XANSYS please consider changing account settings to Digest mode which will send a single email per day. Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list