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I got an answer from another forum, in case anyone has the same issue this was the response I got "Beam188 elements are actually 1D elements. When you plot nodes, that is why you are only seeing them at the ends of the element. If you want a 3D mesh in the sense that you are physically able to...

I am creating a 3D mesh for beam188 elements (L sections). Method - create keypoints, create lines between KP, define section, apply all relevant properties to the line and mesh the line. When I view the mesh (/ESHAPE,1) it appears as you would expect with an extruded L-shaped 3D...