Moving Plies

You can re-order plies, or move one ply from a sequence to another.

  1. Right-click a plies group and select Reorder children.
    1. Select a sequence and use the up and down arrows to modify its place in the stacking.
      The tree is modified accordingly.
  2. Right-click a ply and select Change Geometrical Set.
    1. Select the sequence you would like to move the selected ply to.
      The tree is modified accordingly.
      Notes:
      • Change Geometrical Set enables you to move a ply from one sequence to another, whereas performing a copy/paste of a ply in a sequence creates a new ply.
      • Moving a ply using Change Geometrical Set is taken into account when synchronizing a manufacturing document.
      • The plies point to the material cache feature stored in the Composites Parameters.
      • When selecting the ply contour in the tree:
        • The ply is highlighted in the model.
        • Information is displayed in the status bar.
  3. To locate the ply in the tree:
    1. Set the stacking in pickable mode (graphic properties).
    2. Right-click the ply, and select Center tree.
      The ply and its contour are automatically expanded in the tree.
  4. To hide or display the geometry you need to work on (that is, stacking, sequence or ply), right-click the appropriate node in the tree and select Hide/Show 3D contour.