What element normal is used by EREFINE?


In ANSYS Release 10.0, the EREFINE command uses the SHELL element normal of the highest numbered element, not on the normal of the underlying element. This behavior was reported in defect 54755

/prep7
et,1,181
n,1
n,2,1
n,3,1,1
n,4,0,1
e,1,2,3,4
n,5,0,1.1
n,6,1,1.1
n,7,1,2.1
n,8,0,2.1
! e,5,6,7,8 ! same normal as elem 1
e,5,8,7,6 ! opposite normal to elem 1
eref,1

! orientation of refined elements
! is based on elem 2 not elem 1

/view,,1,1,1
/psymb,esys,1
eplot





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