PARAM, OMID

Bulk Data Entry Outputs stress and strain results for shell and membrane elements with reference to the material coordinate system.

Parameter Values Description
OMID <YES, NO> Controls the coordinate system used by shell and membrane elements for stress and strain results.

This affects the recovery of optimization responses as well as results output to the HM, PUNCH, and OPTI output formats.

Stress and strain results are always output to OUTPUT2 and H3D output formats with reference to the elemental system.
YES (Default)
Indicates that shell and membrane stresses/strains are with reference to the material coordinate system, as defined by the MID/THETA field of the element card.
NO
Indicates that shell and membrane stresses/strains are with reference to the elemental coordinate system, regardless of what is defined on the MID/THETA field of the element card.