How to show shell thickness from LS-DYNA file

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Hi,

I am modeling a sandwich composite in LS-DYNA using shell and solid elements and I would like to know if there is any way to show the thickness of the shell elements in ParaView. Please see the attached figure.

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Any help is appreciated,

Homero

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do you have a sample dataset? that may make this easier.

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Hi Utkarsh,

This is the model I want to show the thickness of the shell elements:

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This is how I want to visualize the model (generated by LS-PrePost):

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This is the link to the files (too big to be added to the ParaView website).

composite_model.zip

Also, how I can generate isometric views of the model (without rotating the model manually (with the mouse))? LS-PrePost has this option to generate default iso views.

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I just discovered ParaView and I am really excited about its capabilities.

Thanks for your help,

Homero