Grid Design Section

The Grid Design section of the action bar provides commands for creating plies from a grid. It is available in Composites Design.

This page discusses:

Flyout for Managing Ramp Supports
Flyout for Managing Angle Cuts


	Composites Parameters Defines or edits the Composites parameters. See Defining the Composites Parameters.
	Grid Panel Defines a grid panel to contain structural groups populated with structural elements, and defines panel limits for future use. See Defining the Panel.
	Grid Defines a grid from the selected panel. See Defining the Grid.
	Virtual Stacking Manages the virtual stacking. See Managing the Virtual Stacking.
	Plies From Virtual Stacking Creates plies from the virtual stacking. See Generating the Plies from the Virtual Stacking.
	Grid Ramp Support See Flyout for Managing Ramp Supports.
	Swap Edge Swaps edges between plies to optimize the staggering and the ply shapes. See Swapping Edges.
	Reroute Ply Contour Changes the shape of the contours of a group of plies to meet weight saving, minimum cutting and other criteria. See Rerouting Plies.
	Local Drop Off Creates a local drop-off. See Creating a Local Drop-Off.
	Manage Drop-Off Overrides default plies drops with instant feedback on changes. See Managing Drop-Off.
	Grid Angle Cut See Flyout for Managing Angle Cuts.
	Grid Angle Cut Wizard Proposes a wizard to find the ply corners where angle cuts are required. See Using the Grid Angle Cut Wizard.
	Synchronize Stacking Synchronizes the virtual stacking and the plies group linked to that virtual stacking. See Synchronizing Stacking and Virtual Stacking.
	Limit/Unlimit Plies Creates or removes limitations of plies by the panel limits. See Relimiting Plies from Panel Limits.
	Import Design Imports the design from a spreadsheet See Importing the Design
	Export Design Exports the design to a spreadsheet See Exporting the Design

Flyout for Managing Ramp Supports


	Ramp Support Creates or edits ramp supports. See Creating Ramp Supports.
	Remove Useless Ramp Supports Removes useless ramp supports. See Creating Ramp Supports.
	Multi-Parallel Curves Creates a Multi-Parallel Curves feature to be used for Ramp Support. See Creating Multi-Parallel Curves.

Flyout for Managing Angle Cuts


	Grid Angle Cut Creates angle cuts to support manufacturing constraints. See Creating Angle Cuts Manually.
	Grid Angle Cut Init Initializes angle cuts to support manufacturing constraint. See Initializing Angle Cuts.