Hi all,

I am trying to increase the number of integration points in my elements. However, I am assuming plane strain and I was my elements to come from the explicit library. At the moment I am using CPE4R elements but I want to use CPE4 elements. Is this not possible in explicit? In the pictures attached, you can see that when I change the element library to standard, I have the option of toggling off reduced integration, but I don't have this when I choose the explicit option. Can someone tell me why this is please?

Frank

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