Displaying Information in the Stacking Management

You can adapt the display of information to your needs in the Stacking Management dialog box.

  1. Under Display, click Columns...
    1. In the dialog box, select the columns to display.

      Available columns are:

      • Part Number
      • Plies Group (Displayed by default)
      • Sequence (Displayed by default)
      • Ply (Displayed by default)
      • Cut-Piece
      • Material ID (Displayed by default)
      • Material Name
      • Orientation Name (Displayed by default)
      • Orientation Value
      • Rosette (Displayed by default)
      • Surface (Displayed by default)
      • Draping (Displayed by default)
      • Core Sample
      • Area
      • Length
      • Center of Gravity
      • 3D Contour (Displayed by default)
      • Estimated Cut Pieces
      • Flatten Contour
      • Exploded Surface
      • Producibility
      • Material Excess
      • Limit Contour
      • Skin Swapping
      • Stagger Origin
      • Darts

      Some specific behaviors are listed below.

    The columns are added to the 2D viewer.
    Note: The selection of columns to display is kept when you exit the Stacking Management by OK.
  2. Contours are verified when Stacking Management is started. If the status is unknown, the 3D contour is marked ?.

    Note: A full control can be time consuming.

    1. Select 3D Contour.
      3D Contours Full Check becomes available in the main dialog box.
    2. Click 3D Contours Full Check.
      The status of the 3D contours (OK or Failed) is displayed in the 3D Contour column.
    3. Place the pointer over the status to retrieve the details of the failure.
  3. Select Estimated Cut Pieces to learn whether cut-pieces are required or not.
  4. Select Flatten Contour.
    • If the Entity Level is Cut-piece, OK indicates that the cut-piece has a flatten contour.
    • If the Entity Level is Plies Group, Sequence, or Ply, the column indicates the ratio of cut-pieces that have a flatten contour.
  5. Select Exploded Surface.
    • If the Entity Level is Cut-piece, OK indicates that the cut-piece has an exploded surface.
    • If the Entity Level is Ply, OK indicates all the cut-pieces have an exploded surface. Otherwise, the ratio of cut-pieces that have an exploded surface is given.
  6. Select Producibility.
    The status is always given with respect to cut-pieces.
    • If the Entity Level is Cut-piece, OK indicates that the cut-piece has a producibility.
      • If the ply has no cut-piece and has a producibility, the status is OK.
      • If the ply has one cut-piece and the cut-piece has a producibility, the status is OK.
      • If the ply has a cut-piece that does not have a producibility, the status is left blank (not OK), even if the ply itself has a producibility.
    • If the Entity Level is Plies Group, Sequence or Ply
      • If the ply has no cut-piece, and has a producibility, the status is OK.
      • If the ply has cut-pieces, the column indicates the ratio of cut-pieces that have a producibility.
  7. Select Limit Contour.
    • If the Entity Level is Ply, Y indicates that the ply has a limit contour. Otherwise it is left blank.
    • If the Entity Level is Plies Group, and if the plies group has no cut-piece, the column indicates the ratio of plies that have a limit contour.
  8. Select Darts.
    • If the Entity Level is Cut-piece, a number indicates the cut-piece has darts.
    • If the Entity Level is Plies Group, Sequence, or Ply, the column indicates the ratio of cut-pieces that have a dart.
  9. Select Stagger Origin.
    • If the Entity Level is Ply, the column gives the name of the stagger origin point, if any. Otherwise it is left blank.
    • If the Entity Level is Plies Group, the column indicates the ratio of plies that have a stagger origin point.