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    Beam, shell, solid or combination?

    Thanks Steve, I know I can mix shell with beam elements, but are there any requirements for making connections between portion of beam elements and portion of shell elements? Do you have to manually connect the two or it's automatically done? For example, long pipe can be represented by beams...
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    Beam, shell, solid or combination?

    I need to anlalyze the structure consisting of 12 in diamater pipes and 1" steel plates welded altogether.Pipes form a "spoked" structure about 27 ft in diamater reinforced by 1" steel plates in between. I have used shell and solid elements before in ProMechanica but never beams.I want to use...

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