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ULBsha:
Dear Ryan,

The thing is that the _i.bdf file is not updated at all... therefore the CBAR entries are exactly the same...

I use the conventional Nastran entry for CBARs with 2 grid points and the orientation vector:
CBAR EID PID GA GB X1 X2 X3 OFFT
PA PB W1A W2A W3A W1B W2B W3B


Actually this is precisely the point: I'm not able to change the offset style, because apparently the FEM is not updated when I do it!

Maybe I'm not doing it correctly: I simply go to the Sizing Form, Options tab, and in the Reference Plane section, I change the 'Top' to 'Bottom' for instance, and I save it. Should I do something else ?

But the thing is that even at the beginning, when I import the FE model into HyperSizer and setup all the groups/components, by going into the Sizing Form window, Option tab, I see that the Reference Plane is set to Top (by default, as we already discussed). So, the reference plane of the beams should originally be set at the grids, right ? Unfortunately, this is not the case at all when I visualize them (see figures attached previously)... and it remains the same when I change it from Top to Bottom...


Regards

Ryan:
After you save, are you updating the FEM? Click Update FEM on the Project or Sizing form.

ULBsha:
Thanks a lot. That solved my problem.
I wasn't updating the FEM. I thought that saving it would also automatically update the FEM.

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