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Etabs Local Axes Shell

The document discusses the default local axis orientation for shell objects in ETABS and how to modify the local axis directions. By default, the local axis 3 is normal to the shell plane, local axis 2 is upward if vertical or horizontal along global Y if horizontal, and local axis 1 is horizontal in the XY plane. The local axes can be rotated from the default or current orientation by specifying an angle using the Shell Assignment - Local Axes form.

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Etabs Local Axes Shell

The document discusses the default local axis orientation for shell objects in ETABS and how to modify the local axis directions. By default, the local axis 3 is normal to the shell plane, local axis 2 is upward if vertical or horizontal along global Y if horizontal, and local axis 1 is horizontal in the XY plane. The local axes can be rotated from the default or current orientation by specifying an angle using the Shell Assignment - Local Axes form.

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Local Axes - Shell Objects


Form: Shell Assignment - Local Axes

In ETABS, the orientation of the 1- and 2-axes and the positive direction of the 3-axis depend on the type
(orientation) of the shell object.

Note: Use the View menu > Set Display Options command to access the Set View Options form; then
check the Local Axes check boxes under Fame Assignments and Shell Assignments on the Object
Assignments tab of the form to display both shell and frame object axes. When local axes are displayed in the
ETABS window, local axis 1 is red, local axis 2 is green, and local axis 3 is blue, always.

The default local axes orientation for shell objects is as follows: The local axis 3 is always normal to the
plane of the shell object. This axis is directed toward you when the path of the joints defining the shell
object appears counterclockwise, as shown in the figure to the below .The default orientation of the local 1
and 2 axes is determined by the relationship between the local 3 axes and the
global Z axis as follows:

The local 3-2 plane is taken to be vertical; that is, parallel to the Z axis.

The local 2-axis is taken to have an upward (+Z) sense unless the
element is horizontal, in which case the local 2-axis is taken to be
horizontal along the global +Y direction.

The local 1-axis is always horizontal; that is, it lies in the X-Y plane.

The object is considered to be horizontal if the sine of the angle between the local 3-axis and the Z-axis is
-3
less than 10 . The local 2-axis makes the same angle with the vertical axis as the local 3-axis makes with
the horizontal plane. This means that the local 2-axis points vertically upward for vertical objects.

Modify the direction of the local axes of a shell object as follows:

1. Select a shell object.

2. Click the Assign menu > Shell > Local Axes command to access the Shell Assignment - Local
Axes form.

3. Select the appropriate option:

Rotation Angle from Default Orientation option and edit box. Specify an angle in degrees
to modify the default local axes directions. The angle specified is the angle from the default
location of the local 2-axis (not necessarily the current location) to the new location of the
local 2-axis. The angle is positive if it is counterclockwise when viewed from the positive local
3-axis side of the object.

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Rotation Angle form the Current Orientation option and edit box. Enter a value to rotate
the local 2-axis by the specified angle (in degrees) from its current location (not necessarily
its default position). When the 3-axis is pointing towards you, a positive rotation is
counterclockwise; that is, the right-hand rule applies (see above sketch).

Normal to Selected Beam option. To use this option, first select a frame as well as a shell
object and then click the Assign menu > Shell > Local Axes command. When this options is
selected, ETABS rotates the Local 2-axis of the shell object perpendicular to the selected
frame.

4. Click the Apply button to complete the assignment.

5. When the Apply button is used, the Shell Assignment - Local Axes form will remain open until it is
closed by clicking the Close button. This allows selection of another shell object(s), to which a
different assignment can be made. If only one assignment is being made to only one set of selected
objects, the OK button can be used to both apply the assignment and close the form

Important Note: Do not confuse the local axes of shell objects with those of pier and spandrel elements. They
are different. The local axes of pier and spandrel elements cannot be rotated.

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