Solidwork surface into shell to Abaqus

[biofriendly]

Hi, Dear colleagues and co-enthusiasts!

I am relatively new to Solidworks. So, apologies for my ignorance in advance.

My questions is that, I have made a surface model in Solidworks using lofted surfaces option. I want to import this into Abaqus as shell and use 3D shell elements for it. However, Abaqus only allows me to use continuum shell elements (which I have never used and not willing to try them). The surface doesn't (and shouldn't) have thickness. However, after meshing it, the elements (unlike 3D shell elements) show thickness.

I have tried to export my surface model in variety of different formats (STEP, IGS etc.) non of which seemed to work.


Any advice? Much appreciated.

Regards

 

[Mustaine3]

First you should check in Solidworks if you geometry is a face or a solid. After import in /CAE you should check it again.
Part-Module: Tools -> Query -> Part attributes