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You can send a collection of replies to put sections of your code to show that. It won't all fit in a single post. Here is the first part down to !! Model Geometry
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!! Element type and material's property
et,1,181 !! Shell element 181, 4-node structural shell
!! Used for Composite Shell


keyopt,1,1,0 !! Bending and Membrane Stiffness
keyopt,1,3,2 !! Full Integration
keyopt,1,8,1 !! Store data for Top and Bottom for all layers
!! Multi-layer elements
keyopt,1,9,0 !! No user sub-routine


!! Material Properties, Graphite Epoxy
mptemp,1,0 !! Temperature for material properties
!! 1 -- staring location
!! 0 -- T1 = 0


mpdata,ex,1,,126e3 !! Material properties data
!! ex -- Ex
!! 1 -- Mat. ID
!! ,, -- Starting location of the data
!! Default -- last location + 1
!! Ex = 126 GPa = 126e3 MPa, for Graphite Epoxy


mpdata,ey,1,,11e3 !! Material properties data
mpdata,ez,1,,126e3 !! Material properties data


mpdata,prxy,1,,0.28 !! Material properties data
mpdata,pryz,1,,0.024 !! Material properties data
mpdata,prxz,1,,0.28 !! Material properties data


mpdata,gxy,1,,6.6e3 !! Material properties data, Gxy = 6.6 MPa
mpdata,gyz,1,,4.57e3 !! Material properties data
mpdata,gxz,1,,6.6e3 !! Material properties data