*HEADING
  TIE A SOLID ELEMENT TO A SHELL ELEMENT
  TYPE=SURFACE TO SURFACE
  File name: xtie_xpl_solid_shell_ss
*NODE
1  ,0.0,0.0,0.0
7  ,3.0,0.0,0.0
61 ,0.0,3.0,0.0
67 ,3.0,3.0,0.0
10000,8.0,1.0,1.0
1001,1.5,0.2,1.1
1006,1.5,3.2,1.1
*NGEN,NSET=S1
1,7
*NGEN,NSET=S2
61,67
*NFILL,NSET=BOT
S1,S2,6,10
*NCOPY, OLD SET=BOT,CHANGE NUMBER=100,NEW SET=MID,SHIFT
0.0,0.0,0.5

*NCOPY, OLD SET=BOT,CHANGE NUMBER=200,NEW SET=TOP,SHIFT
0.0,0.0,1.0

*ELEMENT,TYPE=C3D8R
1,1,3,23,21,201,203,223,221,
*ELGEN,ELSET=SOLID
1,3,2,1,3,20,10
*NGEN,NSET=SH1
1001,1006,1
*NCOPY, OLD SET=SH1,CHANGE NUMBER=1000,NEW SET=SH2,SHIFT
0.0,0.0,1.0

*ELEMENT,TYPE=S4R
1001,1001,2001,2002,1002
*ELGEN,ELSET=SHELL
1001,5,1,1
*SOLID SECTION,ELSET=SOLID,MATERIAL=A
*SHELL SECTION,ELSET=SHELL,MATERIAL=A
0.1
*MATERIAL,NAME=A
*ELASTIC
3.E9,0.3
*DENSITY
.003,
*NSET, NSET=TOP, GEN
201,207,2
221,227,2
241,247,2
261,267,2
*NSET, NSET=OUT
TOP,SH1,SH2
**
*SURFACE,NAME=MSURF
SOLID,S2
*SURFACE,NAME=SSURF,TYPE=NODE
SH1,
*TIE,TYPE=SURFACE TO SURFACE,NAME=TIE,POSITION TOLERANCE=10.0
SSURF,MSURF
*BOUNDARY
BOT,1,3
*AMPLITUDE, NAME=AMP,DEFINITION=SMOOTH STEP
0.0,0.0,2.5E-3,1.0
*STEP
*DYNAMIC, EXPLICIT
,2.5E-3
*BOUNDARY, AMPLITUDE=AMP
SH2 ,5,,1.0
*OUTPUT,FIELD,NUMBER=5
*NODE OUTPUT
U,
**ELEMENT OUTPUT
**S,MISES,
***OUTPUT,HISTORY,FREQ=5
***NODE OUTPUT,NSET=OUT
**U,V,A
***ENERGY OUTPUT
**ALLKE,ALLIE,ALLWK,ALLAE,ETOTAL
*END STEP