Displaying the Fiber Direction

You can display theoretical fiber directions of a given ply by indicating a point inside the ply geometry.

Note: This task is available in Composites Design and Composites Manufacturing Preparation.

  1. From the Review section of the action bar, click Fiber Direction .
  2. Select a ply.

    No producibility feature is required for the selected ply.

  3. Pick a point inside the ply boundaries.
    • Select an existing point, lying on the ply shell and inside the ply boundaries.
    • Or pick a nonexisting point.
  4. Select Theoretical fiber orientations.
    The long and blue solid axis corresponds to the primary fiber direction, and the short and red solid axis to the 90 degrees off angle.

  5. Select Rosette transfer.
    The green dotted axis corresponds to the X-axis of the rosette, and the white dotted axis to the Y-axis.

  6. Select both options.
    For a bi-directional material

    For an uni-directional material, only the X-axis is displayed.

  7. Click Keep to create the lines corresponding to the displayed axes.
  8. Select the Automatically aggregate geometry under selected ply check box to create the datum lines under the ply.

  • Datum lines corresponding to the Theoretical fiber orientations axes or the Rosette transfer axes are created in the current In Work Object.
  • If the check box Automatically aggregate geometry under selected ply is selected, the datum lines are created under the ply. Otherwise, they are created under the In Work Object.
  • If the current In Work Object is not a geometrical set, or is a Composites body, they are created in a new geometrical set.
  • They have the same colors and dimensions as displayed.