When your upstream External Model source file includes Nodal Orientations. An Imported folder appears beneath the Geometry folder when you open the file in Mechanical. This object is a simple group folder. It contains the child object: .
Supported Analysis Types
Imported Nodal Orientations are supported by the following analysis types:
Coupled Field Analyses
Harmonic Response
Modal
Static Structural
Transient Structural
Supported Source File Commands
The application imports the following source file data/commands as nodal orientations:
CDB: All orientations from the .cdb file that are included in NBLOCK are processed.
NASTRAN: Orientations are processed via the commands of the Imported Coordinate Systems.
ABAQUS: Orientations are processed via the *TRANSFORM command.
Also see the Imported: Nodal Orientation object reference section for additional information.