# Element Local Coordinate System

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**Category:** General Questions\
**Created:** [October 10, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/element-local-coordinate-system/2063 "2024-10-10T18:44:56Z")\
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Hello PrePoMax community,

Is it possible to make the local coordinate system of shell elements visible and change it?

Best regards,  
Andreas

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**Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/element-local-coordinate-system/2063/2 "2024-10-10T18:49:54Z")

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You would need the \*ORIENTATION keyword which is currently not supported in PrePoMax and requires keyword edits. But shell elements have local directions obtained by projection from global or local coordinates and they can’t be displayed at the moment.