The icon for a solid ellipse beam section type looks like this:

When you select Solid Ellipse as the beam type on the Beam Section Definition dialog box, you must enter positive values for the following cross-section dimensions:

Select units for length or use the default principal units.

The figures below illustrate stress recovery points for solid ellipse section types. The figure on the left shows the points for the native mode, and the figure on the right shows the points for the FEM mode.

Return to Beam Section Definition Dialog Box.