Is Gauss Points location depend on numbering order of ele?

[armkam]

Hi,

I want to know if the Gauss point location is dependent and same is numbering order of quad element nodes or Gauss point 1 will always be on bottom left corner, 2 on bottom right, 3 on top right and 4 on top left?

[fmk]

the gauss point ordering depends on the node numbering .. they are not always on the bottom or top

[TPdct]

My suggestion is record a xml file using the command below:
recorder Element -xml EleStress.xml -time -dT 0.00001 -eleRange 10001 30000 stresses (simply change -file to -xml)
Open this file, you will see the order of the guass points