Fiber orientation in UMAT

"[email protected] [Abaqus]" <[email protected]> 05 Jun 2019 22:44:28 +0000
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Hi,
 

 I have an anisotropic material model written in the UMAT. during derivation of the equations, it needs the fiber unit vector at reference state. Do I need to input that in the UMAT? Can I leave it there and in ABAQUS CAE, I define the orientation in the direction of the fiber?
 

 Thanks
 Somi