Hello Peter,
No you do not need to couple the dummy LAG elms to the ALE mat, as there is no real physical interaction beween them that we want. They are there as sensor locators only. They have no physical meaning. If the code complains, you may define *PART, *SECITON_SHELL, *MAT_RIGID (or something) for these dummy shells.
Ian
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