Product: ABAQUS/CAE
Benefits: The addition of continuum shell elements (introduced in Version 6.4 of ABAQUS/Standard and ABAQUS/Explicit) to ABAQUS/CAE increases the coverage of ABAQUS analysis product functionality.
Description: You can assign ABAQUS continuum shell elements to hexahedral or wedge elements that you created using the swept meshing technique. You can also assign continuum shell elements to orphan mesh part instances.
Mesh module: MeshElement Type