Composites Design

The Composites Design options let you customize behaviors, formats, controls for Composites Design, Composites Manufacturing Preparation, Composites Fiber Modeling, Composites FormingComposites Laser Projection, Composites Braiding, Composites Insight.

This page discusses:

Producibility Default Behavior

Specifies the default behavior of Producibility. This behavior can be modified in the Producibility dialog box, until plies are selected. Select the required option:

  • Create a new producibility feature under each selected ply
  • Modify the active producibility under each selected ply

By default, Create a new producibility feature under each selected ply is selected.

External Data Access

Select the required option:

File-based system
The default location to import or export Excel files is a file-based system one.
Database
The default location to import or export Excel files is a database one.

By default, File-based system is selected.

Export Format

Select the required option:

Excel (.xls)
The default format to import or export Excel files is Excel (.xls).
Extended Excel (.xlsx)
The default format to import or export Excel files is Extended Excel (.xlsx).
Text (txt - Not Recommended)
The default format to import or export text files is .txt.

By default, Excel (.xls) is selected.

Command Availability

Disable non-applicable commands
Disables non-applicable commands to improve the general performance.

By default, Disable non-applicable commands is selected.

Ply Data Export

Force generation of IGES 3D file whenever IGES 2D (flatten geometries) option is used
Forces the export of data to IGES 3D format, even for flatten 2D geometries that are normally exported to IGES 2D format. This option impacts the behavior of Ply Data Export. To illustrate the explanations below, we have used a model like this one.

  • When Force generation of IGES 3D file whenever IGES 2D (flatten geometries) option is used is cleared:
    • When IGES 3D (3D contours) is selected, 3D contours of plies are exported to IGES 3D standard .igs format.

    • When IGES 2D (flatten geometries) is selected, flatten geometries, if any, are exported to IGES 2D standard .ig2 format.

    • When DXF (flatten geometries) is selected, flatten geometries, if any, are exported to DXF standard .dxf format.
  • When Force generation of IGES 3D file whenever IGES 2D (flatten geometries) option is used is selected:
    • When IGES 2D (flatten geometries) is selected, flatten geometries, if any, are exported to IGES 3D standard .igs format.

By default, Force generation of IGES 3D file whenever IGES 2D (flatten geometries) option is used is not selected.

Grid and Virtual Stacking

Select required options:

  • Display number of layers for all orientations thickness laws
  • Display cell information in the Virtual Stacking table

By default, Display number of layers for all orientations thickness laws and Display cell information in the Virtual Stacking table are not selected.

Additional Command Behaviors

Signal overlapping plies (Grid approach)
Displays alerts when overlapping plies are found.

Signal overlapping plies (Grid approach) is selected.

Additional Display for Tree

Select required options:

Show GridMask in tree on plies generated from Virtual Stacking management
Those plies are linked to the virtual stacking and are re-synchronized whenever the virtual stacking is updated.

By default, Show GridMask in tree on plies generated from Virtual Stacking management is not selected.

Show content of the preliminary design node in tree in the Manufacturing Stacking
Provided the manufacturing stacking is created with all specs, you can show content of the preliminary design node in the manufacturing stacking. The content of the preliminary design can be extended laminates and zones and transition zones.

By default, Show content of the preliminary design node in tree in the Manufacturing Stacking is not selected.

Plies Group Consistency Check

Enable draping direction and reference surface consistency checks on plies group update
  • Whatever the status of this option, an inconsistency mask is displayed in the treeThe plies group is verified at update or edition.
  • The diagnosis cannot be disabled in commands where inconsistent inputs lead to incorrect or unexpected results.

By default, Enable draping direction and reference surface consistency checks on plies group update is selected.

Ramp Specification

Select required options:

Allow Centered Ramp Support (Not Recommended)
When selected, gives access to the Centered Ramp Supports option when specifying Ramp Definitions. It is not a recommended option, but it can be useful in cases like legacy purpose.

When this option is selected, Ramp Definition proposes Centered Ramp Support in the Start options.

By default, Allow Centered Ramp Support (Not Recommended) is not selected.

Show Ramp Definitions created by Grid Angle Cut
Displays/Hides the Angle Cut Ramp Definitions node in the tree.

By default, Show Ramp Definitions created by Grid Angle Cut is not selected.

Data Review Information

Select Generate detailed information for review to add detailed information to the saved Composites model for review.

  • Detailed information includes Rosettes, Ply Group/Sequence/Ply/Cut-Piece/Core, Core Samples, Section, and Stacking text attributes.
  • The added information is visible in 3D Annotation Insight, without creating a 2D Ply book.

If the option is not selected, you need to generate a 2D Ply book to access the information.