Creating and Assigning Layers

You can create layers with thickness, material, and connection information and assign them to concept surfaces.

Before you begin:
  • Open a 3D Shape containing concept surfaces.
  • From the View Analysis Modes section of the action bar, click Property View Mode .
See Also
About Properties
About Layers
  1. From the Concept section of the action bar, click Layers .
    The Layers Menu opens and a Properties (Properties and Result) element is added in the first level of the tree. A default Layer.1 with a default thickness value, a default material and connection is available.
  2. In the Layers Menu, add two additional layers by clicking Add Layer.
    The new layers are added in the Layers subtree of the Properties (Properties and Result) element.
  3. Optional: Change the values of the layer attributes Color, Thickness, Material, or Default Connection.
  4. Select a layer, right-click and select Assign to Surface or click the Assign to Surface option.
  5. In the work area, select concept surfaces and click Assign Layer? .
    The layers are assigned to the selected concept surfaces.

    In the tree, a Properties element with the assigned layers is added to the module containing the concept surfaces. The check marks on the layer icons indicate, that they are assigned to concept surfaces.

  6. From the Concept section of the action bar, click Mesh
    A Finite Element Model is created with a mesh part and a shell section for each layer.