Defining a Plies Group

Use Plies Group to define a plies group to contain the plies you are going to create. A ply is a piece of fabric made of several contours and sets of zones.

  1. Optional: Edit the proposed name.
  2. Select the surface on which the plies are created.
  3. Optional: Click the red arrow or Reverse Direction to inverse the Draping direction.
  4. Select a Rosette from the list.
  5. Select or clear the Lock plies draping direction check box to impose the same draping direction to all the plies of the plies group, or not.
  6. Select or create (context menu) the plane used for flatten.
  7. If required, select the For non structural plies check box to indicate that plies in this plies group are nonstructural.