Previewing Entities in the Stacking Management

You can preview and verify entities from the Stacking Management dialog box.

  1. Set the Entity Level to Sequence, Ply, or Cut-piece.
  2. Select the Entity Preview check box.
    The Stacking Preview dialog box opens, with
    • A 3D viewer on the left
      • Reframe is done on the transferred rosette of the ply, with the draping direction pointing toward you.
      • Cut-pieces of ply can be included in the preview.
    • And a 2D viewer on the right.
      • Reframe is done on the flatten plane.
      • Cut-pieces of ply can be included in the preview.
    Notes:
    • Only the current (single selection) or the last (multiselection) entity is highlighted.
    • If the selection is empty, or if all rows are selected, the previewer is empty.
  3. Press the icon corresponding to the required review.

    • Contour
    • Reference Shell
    • Draping Direction
    • Rosette
    • Ply Exploder
    • Flatten Contour
    • Reframe
    • Standard Flatten Representation
    • Flatten Representation by Category (The actual colors of the Flatten Body elements are replaced by those of the categories.)
      Note: Not available on stacking texts created on flatten bodies.

  4. Resize the dialog box to enlarge the previewer.
  5. Zoom in or out, or pan the table as you need.
  6. Go from one row to another in the 2D viewer to inspect the entity in the previewer.
  7. Optional: Reposition texts.

    When they exist, flatten texts are displayed in the previewer. You can change their position and angle, to make them fit inside the flatten shape. The position of the text is represented by a green dotted line, with the value of the angle(0°-360°) it forms with respect to the horizontal.

    1. Drag the green dot situated at the beginning of the text to move the whole text (top/bottom/left/right).
      The text remains parallel to its initial position. The move is represented by a green dotted line, and dX and dY values.
    2. Drag the green arc representing the angle with the horizontal at the end of the text to rotate it.
      The angle value is updated.

    Note:

    Texts are positioned either automatically, or manually as explained above. Manual positioning has priority over automatic positioning, until you select Reset Flatten Text.