Changes to Repute's sign convention

[Geocentrix Support]

We have had a number of questions regarding the sign convention used in Repute 2. The new program has adopted a left-hand notation which differs from the non-standard conventions used in Repute 1.x (which was based on that employed by PGROUP).

Repute 1.x (PGROUP) sign convention

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Repute 2 (left-hand) sign convention

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In Repute 2, positive forces go in the direction of the axis; positive moments go clockwise about the postive direction.