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From the Material section of the action bar,
click Quick Grid
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In the 3D view, select the reference surface for the grid creation.
A grid is automatically created, with a single cell that
fits the entire surface. The boundaries and the intersections of the grid are stored in a
grid panel, compatible with Composites Design. A default laminate is assigned to this cell. The creation of the grid can
fail if the selected surface contains multiple contours . In this case, you can:
- Exit the command, and modify the surface.
- Add additional geometries to the grid, so that the initial cells no longer have
multiple contours.
Note:
To select multiple cells, press Ctrl and click
the cells. You can also remove a cell from the selection by pressing
Ctrl, and selecting a cell.
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Optional: Click Draping Direction
 to invert
the draping direction.
Note:
The default draping direction is computed from the orientation of the
selected surface. You can see it in the 3DView.
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In the Rosette list, select a rosette for your grid.
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Split the default cells using one of the following
commands:
- Create Spline
 : Click
the surface to create points to create a spline goes that through these points. The
points appear in the Spline Creation panel.
- Create Multi-Plane
 : On the
surface, select a curve, and then select a starting and an ending point on that curve.
In the Plane Creation panel, define the Number
Planes you want to create along the selected segment of curve.
- Add Existing Geometry
 : Select existing curves or planes, that lies on or intersects the surface, and use
them to split cells.Note:
This command remains active after the first selection. To
deactivate it, click the command again or click another command.
- Create Isoparametric Curve
 : Hover the pointer over the surface, and click to create a curve. Repeat the
operation to create other curves.
- Create Normal Plane
 : Select an existing curve, hover the pointer over the surface, and click to create a
plane normal to the selected curve. Repeat the operation to create other
curves.
- Merge Cells
 : On the surface, select to cells and click Merge Cells.Note:
If the merged cells have different laminates, the thickest laminate is
automatically kept. If after a merge, a geometry is not used by any cell, it is
deleted, except if it is pointed by another feature in the part.
Notes:
- All these actions are performed only on the selected cells. Cells can be selected
by clicking them in the 3DView, or in the list of the Quick
Grid dialog box. Selected cells are highlighted in both.
- If no cell is selected, the actions are performed on all the cells.
- Split actions can be undone by pressing Ctrl +
z. This operaton brings you back after the previous split
action and any laminate changes that occur in-between is undone as well.
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Optional: To hide labels displayed in the 3D view, on top of each cell,
clear the Display label option.
Note:
By default, only the names of the cells appear , but you can display
other information by clicking Options… and selecting other
information in the 3D Display Option dialog box.
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To assign a laminate to a cell, right-click it, select Row
Edition
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a laminate in the Laminate list.
Note:
You can also click Edit cells
The cells are colored with the color of their laminate.
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To manage the displayed labels, click Open display options
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and select the labels to be displayed or clear those to be hidden.
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Click OK to validate the creation of the grid.
In the tree, QuickGrid Panel and QuickGrid features
are added under the Grid Definition root node. A geometrical set
is created to store the geometry created with the Quick Grid
command. its name is “name_of_grid” Geometry. The geometrical set is
created under the Quick Grid Refs root node . Once the
grid is created, the input surface can no longer be modified. Modifying it will make the
update of the grid impossible. -
To edit an existing grid, double-click it.
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