If your simulation has a shell thickness defined from External Data, an Imported Thickness folder is automatically added under the Geometry folder.
Application
To specify imported thickness:
Select appropriate geometry or mesh entity.
Specify properties as needed. You can modify the mapping settings to achieve the desired mapping accuracy.
You can specify a thickness value for the unmapped target nodes using the Unmapped Data Value property. By default, a zero thickness value is assigned to the unmapped nodes.
Important: For the Mechanical APDL solver, the thickness value at each node must be greater than zero.
Right-click the Imported Thickness, and then click Import Thickness to import the thickness. When the thickness has been imported successfully, a contour plot will be displayed in the Geometry window and any mesh display will be based upon the mapped thickness of the elements.