I am having a problem getting bends to show up in my model, do elements need to be entered one after the other to get a bend? The way I have built up my model means that in some sections the elements arent entered this way and the bends are not being shown. Is there any way around this?

The only modeling restriction in CAESAR II is that the two elements that make up a bend must be entered back-to-back, sequentially, one-after-the-other. There is no way around this.