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Yes. You can use the MAPDL commands SECTYPE and SECDATA to change the number of integration points though the thickness in a shell. For example, the following commands could be issued in a Command Object under a “Surface” branch in Mechanical:
!—-INPUT PARAMETERS—-!
Thick=2 ! Shell Thickness
Theta=0 ! Angle (in degrees) of layer element coordinate system with respect to element coordinate system (ESYS)
Int_Points=3! Number of integration points in layer. 1, 3, 5, 7, or 9 points (default = 3)
!——–END INPUT———-!
SECTYPE,matid,shell
SECDATA, Thick,,Theta,Int_Points