Creating a homogeneous shell section

You can create a homogeneous shell section.

  1. From the main menu bar, select SectionCreate.

    A Create Section dialog box appears.

    Tip: You can also click Create in the Section Manager or select the create section tool in the Property module toolbox.

  2. Enter a section name. For more information on naming objects, see Using basic dialog box components.
  3. Select Shell as the section Category and Homogeneous as the section Type, and click Continue.

    The shell section editor appears.

  4. Choose the Section integration method. Choose During analysis to specify properties for homogeneous shell sections integrated during the analysis. Choose Before analysis to specify properties for pre-integrated homogeneous shell sections.