How should the real constant DIRZ be used in PLANE53? In ANSYS 10.0, for PLANE53 with KEYOPT(1)=2, real constant 4 (DIRZ) is documented as the current? Doesn't ANSYS calculate the current from the voltage and RSVX?


You are right, that real constant is just to indicate the direction, positive or negative. The documentation is misleading. At 11.0 we changed the description to:

1 for current in positive z-axis, -1 for current in negative z-axis; KEYOPT(1) = 2, 3, 4





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