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<a name = "hj-top"> </a><table class = "table1" id = "table11"><tr><td><table class = "DocHeader"><tr><td class = "DocHeader1" colspan = "2"><h1>Coordinate Systems (CS_DEF)</h1></td></tr><tr><td class = "DocHeader4" colspan = "2"/></tr><tr><td class = "DocHeader3" colspan = "2"><table class = "DocThemeIntro" id = "table12"><tr><td class = "Intro1"><p class = "header"><p class = "abstract">
<span class = "shortdesc">In certain situations, the definition of solids and displacement
directions requires the coordinate systems that differ from those defined
in the FE model.</span>

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</p><hr class = "header"/></td></tr><tr><td class = "Intro2"><span class = "run-in">In this section:</span><br/><ul class = "ulthemes"><li><a title = "Cartesian and cylindrical coordinate systems defined in the FE model are accessible in SIMULIA Tosca Structure and can be referenced in the parameter file by their names." href = "tso-c-usr-model-tsCsDef.htm">Definition in SIMULIA Tosca Structure</a></li><li><a title = "One possibility to define a coordinate system is by three nodes." href = "tso-c-usr-model-csDefNodes.htm">Definition by Three Nodes</a></li><li><a title = "Another possibility to define a coordinate system is by three points." href = "tso-c-usr-model-csDefPoints.htm">Definition by Coordinates of Three Points</a></li><li><a title = "A third possibility to define a coordinate system is by an origin and rotation angles." href = "tso-c-usr-model-csDefOrigAngle.htm">Definition by Origin and Rotation Angles</a></li><li><a title = "Another possibility to define a coordinate system is by an origin and three vectors." href = "tso-c-usr-model-csDefVector.htm">Definition by Origin and Vectors</a></li><li><a title = "This section contains remarks about coordinate systems." href = "tso-c-usr-model-csDefRmk.htm">General Remarks about Coordinate Systems</a></li></ul></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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