There are two ways to assign a thickness to shell faces in Abaqus/CAE. You can apply a shell thickness definition by using the section properties in the Property module, or you can assign thicknesses by selecting faces and editing their thicknesses with the Assign Thickness and Offset tool in the Part module. During the section assignment process you select which method Abaqus/CAE uses to assign thickness to a particular set of geometric faces. (For more information on section assignments, see Assigning a section.) Note: Thickness data assigned in the Part module—either automatically or using the Assign Thickness and Offset tool—appear as From geometry in the thickness section of the Edit Section Assignment dialog box in the Property module. You cannot use thickness data assigned in the Part module to calculate the offset in an Abaqus/Explicit analysis. |