April 17, 2023 at 1:44 pm
Mike Rife
Ansys Employee

Hi Awlad

Beam3 is a 2D beam that should be in the global XY plane only (it has X & Y translation and ROTZ degrees of freedom).  Perhaps you mean to use Beam4 which is a 3D beam element.

Also, why are you using an undocumented element type?  

Mike