Hi all,
I need to use the global nodal coordinates of my mesh for preprocessing, but I am confused about what is actually written in the .inp file.
For dependent mesh, the *Node data appear directly under *Part. For independent mesh, the *Node data appear under *Instance after two lines of transformation information. My question is:
- In these two cases, are the *Node coordinates written in the inp file already global, or are they still local coordinates of the part that always need to be transformed using the transformation information?
If the option “Do not use parts and assemblies in input files” is selected, the *Node data are written under *System followed by two lines of transformation information. Does this case follow the same rule?
Thanks for any clarification.
