Creating Plies Manually

You can create plies manually.

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

See Also
Defining a Plies Group
  1. Create a Plies Group.
  2. From the Plies Design section of the action bar, click Ply .
  3. Select a plies group.
    The ply inherits the plies group properties.
  4. Select the curves that form the contour.

    See Creating a Contour for more information.

  5. In the Attributes tab, select the Material, the Direction, and the Rosette.

    See About Rosette and Rosette Transfer Type for more information.

  6. Click OK to create the ply.
    The Stacking node includes the plies groups, the set of sequences (order), and for each sequence, the set of plies (containing the geometry).
  7. Create as many plies as required.
    Notes:
    • Plies are displayed in the 3D area in the color of their orientation.
    • The ply points to the material cache feature stored in the Composites Parameters.