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Before going to the next step, enter preprocessor by selecting
Preprocessor from the ANSYS Main Menu.
2. Define element types and options
In any analysis, you need to select from a library of element types
and define the appropriate ones for your analysis. For this analysis,
you will first use element type, SHELL99. SHELL99 may be used
for layered applications of a structural shell model. It allows up to