Hello, 

I came across the following documentation mention - 

1. When a user-defined orientation is used in an element section definition, the stress, the strain, and the element section force components are output in the local system.
2. By default, Abaqus/CAE displays element-based field output results in the coordinate systems defined during preprocessing and node-based field output results in the global coordinate system. 

So, basically if I have a local CSYS defined in the .inp file, my S11 should be with respect to this. But does this also apply for the discrete orientations case (wherein I have an orientation at each element))

Thank you. 

Best Regards,

Anton.