Creating Grid Sections

From a grid, you can visualize laminates in a section view to quickly analyze the different types of laminates on different cells, and compare them.

  1. From the Review section of the action bar, click Grid Section .
  2. In the tree, select a plane or a curve.
    The selected element appears in the Grid Section dialog box, and is highlighted in the 3D View. All intersection between all surfaces with a grid on it and the sectioning element are highlighted.
  3. In the 3D view, use the manipulator to modify the dimension of the section.
  4. In the Section Type area, define the type of visualization for the layers by selecting one of the following options:
    OptionDisplay
    Section by layer

    Displays each layers one by one
    Section by block

    Merges consecutive layers of the same orientation
  5. In the Display Type area, define the appearance of the layers by selecting one of the following options:
    OptionDisplay
    Surfacic display

    Displays the surface of each layer
    Border display

    Displays the boundary of each layer
    Line display

    Displays the top line of each layers.
  6. Specify on which grid you want to apply the grid section by clicking and selecting the grid in the list.
  7. To define the information to be displayed in each layer, click Filter Display Layer , and select the needed options.
  8. To change the height of each layer, enter a value in the Scale box.
  9. Click OK.