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*BEAM SECTION OFFSET
Define an offset for the beam cross-section origin.

This option can be used only in conjunction with the *BEAM GENERAL SECTION option for the standard cross-sections available in the beam cross-section library (See “Beam element cross-section orientation,” Section 29.3.4 of the Abaqus Analysis User's Guide, for details). It is used to define an offset for the cross-section origin from the beam axis with respect to the local (1, 2) axis system.

Product: Abaqus/Standard  

Type: Model data

Level: Part,  Part instance  

References:
There are no parameters associated with this option.

Data line to define the offset of the section origin: 

First (and only) line:

  1. Local -offset of the origin, . The default is 0.

  2. Local -offset of the origin, . The default is 0.