Generation of TriangShellList from existing TriangFaceList

[Chiara]

Hello,
I'm trying to use an existing tfL (EXTN), generated from the external surface of a LDPM specimen, to create a triangular shell list CONT of composite material wrapping the LDPM specimen. Each node of this triangular shell list should be shared with the corresponding node of LDPM external tfl EXTN.
Since the new keyword ImportSelectedQuadFacesFrom has been recently added and allows to use an existing quadfaceList to generate the corresponding quadshellList, I was wondering if a similar feature can be implemented for triangular face and shells elements, so that for example, I might use the following lines:

TriangFaceList CONT DktShell {
...
ImportSelectedTriangFacesFrom EXTN
}

Maybe there is another way to achieve the same result, but I couldn't figure it out from the manual.

Thank you for any help,
Chiara

[ES3]

The proposed feature has been implemented in MARS version >= 2015.1.10.

Below shows how to use the new keyword ImportSelectedTrngFacesFrom:

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TriangFaceList EXTN {
  Select dp 0 0 1 > 0.9
  AlsoSelect dp 0 0 1 < -0.9
  InvertSelection
}
TriangFaceList jacket DktShell {
  Thickness 1 mm
  ReferenceSystem CylRS
  SteelShell { m ELAS i 3 }
  ImportSelectedTrngFacesFrom EXTN
}