Zones Design Section

The Zones Design section of the action bar provides commands for creating the preliminary design. It is available in Composites Design.

Composites Parameters
Defines or edits the Composites parameters.
See Defining the Composites Parameters.
Zones Group
Defines the zones group that contains the zones you create.
See Defining a Zones Group.
Zone
Defines a zone by a geometry, a laminate and a rosette.
See Defining a Zone.
Transition Zone
Creates a transition zone defining the drop-off area between two zones.
See Defining a Transition Zone.
Import Laminate
Imports the laminate for each created zone with a defined contour.
See Importing a Laminate.
ITP
Creates an Imposed Thickness Point with a number of layers.
See Creating an ITP.
ITP Height
Creates an Imposed Thickness Point with a decimal value.
See Creating an ITP.
Connection Generator
Computes the tangency connection between structural zones, and between zones and transition zones.
See Running the Connection Generator.
Zones Bridge Analyzer
Analyzes zones bridges to help you solve problems that may occur while creating the solid.
See Analyzing Zones Bridges.
Stack Up File From Zones
Creates a stack-up file from the zones. To be done before creating the plies.
See Creating a Stack-up File From Zones.
Stack Up File From Core Samples
Creates a core sampling file, a stack-up file and core samplings in one shot from the stacking
See Creating a Stack-Up File from Core Samplings.
Plies From Zones
Creates plies from defined zones.
See Creating Plies From Zones.
Limit Contours From Input File
Modifies and imports a staggering file to relimit plies created from zones.
See Creating Limit Contours from an Input File.
Solid From Zones
Creates a solid or a trop surface from defined zones.
See Creating a Solid or a Top Surface From Zones.
Associative Solid From Zones
Creates a solid from defined zones. The solid is associative with the zones.
See Creating an Associative Solid From Zones.
Drop Off
Creates a drop-off either from a slope or from curves.
See Creating a Drop-Off.
Slicing Group
Generates and gathers the base curves of the plies contours by slicing the solid.
See Slicing a Solid.
Plies From Slicing
Creates plies from a slicing curves group.
See Creating Plies from Slicing.