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User Defined Midsurface dialog box

Associated Solid Body
Select Solid Body Lets you select the solid body for which to create a midsurface.
Midsurface
Select Defining Sheet Body Lets you select the sheet body to use as the midsurface for the solid body.
Thickness Settings
Inside Minimum Specifies the minimum thickness the software can assign to any node that lies inside the associated solid body.
Inside Maximum Specifies the maximum thickness the software can assign to any node that lies inside the associated solid body.
Outside Specifies the thickness value that the software assigns to any node that lies outside the associated solid body. Because the software generally cannot solve models in which an element has no assigned thickness, you should specify a value greater than 0.
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User Defined Midsurface dialog box, Simcenter 3D 2021.1 Series

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