Dear All,

There is so much to learn in CAESAR-II every day. Every time I generate output report with "restraint summary extended" for all forces, moments and displacements (Global) to submit, I wonder where global and local results are used. On the way, I found elements have local forces, moments and displacements according to there orientations.

Can anyone explain me the significance of these local and global results? Of course, they are useful for support structural designers, but will they consider local or global? If the equipment vendor got these local and global values from piping engineer, which one they use?

Yes, it is a very silly question to ask here, but I am confused while discussing with my colleague in a project and I want to confirm from you guys.

Thank you.