*HEADING TIE A C3D20 ELEMENT TO A C3D8 ELEMENT File name: xtie_c3d20_c3d8 *NODE,NSET=NALL 201,0.0,3.0 202,1.0,3.0 203,1.0,4.0 204,0.0,4.0 205,1.1,3.0 206,2.1,3.0 207,2.1,4.1 208,1.1,4.1 211,0.0,3.0,1.0 212,1.0,3.0,1.0 213,1.0,4.0,1.0 214,0.0,4.0,1.0 215,1.1,3.0,1.1 216,2.1,3.0,1.1 217,2.1,4.1,1.1 218,1.1,4.1,1.1 1001,0.5,3.0 1002,1.0,3.5 1003,0.5,4.0 1004,0.0,3.5 1005,0.5,3.0,1.0 1006,1.0,3.5,1.0 1007,0.5,4.0,1.0 1008,0.0,3.5,1.0 1009,0.0,3.0,0.5 1010,1.0,3.0,0.5 1011,1.0,4.0,0.5 1012,0.0,4.0,0.5 *ELEMENT,TYPE=C3D20 21, 201, 202, 203, 204, 211, 212, 213, 214, 1001,1002,1003,1004,1005,1006,1007,1008, 1009,1010,1011,1012 *ELEMENT,TYPE=C3D8 22,205,206,207,208,215,216,217,218 *ELSET,ELSET=EALL3D 21,22 *SOLID SECTION, ELSET=EALL3D,MATERIAL=AL *MATERIAL,NAME=AL *ELASTIC 1,0.3 ** *NSET,NSET=MSURF3 202,203,212,213 *SURFACE,NAME=MSURF3 22,S6 *SURFACE,NAME=SSURF3 21,S4 *TIE,NAME=TIE3,POSITION TOLERANCE=1.0 SSURF3,MSURF3 *BOUNDARY 206,1,3 207,1,3 216,1,3 217,1,3 ** *STEP *STATIC *BOUNDARY 214,1,3,0.1 *NODE PRINT,FREQ=0 U,RF *EL FILE S, E, *NODE FILE U, *END STEP