There are two ways that you can import composite properties into a nonlinear analysis in the Nonlinear Structural Analysis (ANL) workbench. If you have access to the Composite Design (CPD) workbench, you can import the composite properties into ANL. If you do not have the Composite Design workbench or you want to control section properties on an element-by-element basis, you can use an XML mapping file to create and edit composite properties for use in ANL.
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