Laminate realization is used for converting ply based models into zone based models
and creating properties for each zone.
The Laminate Realize dialog opens when you select
Realize when right-clicking on a laminate in the Model Browser. Figure 1. Laminate Realize Dialog
There are several options available in the dialog:
Delete ply based entities
This option removes the ply based data from the model. It should be used
to prevent duplicate, unsynchronized composite data sets. Typically,
this is in cases where the ply based data is no longer needed and the
zone based solver cards will be manipulated instead.
Include drape
Drape data from HyperMesh draping simulation
and FiberSim Drape data are
supported.
Orientation and Thickness Tolerance
Drape data contains spatially varying changes to the nominal ply
orientation and thickness. Frequently, this causes laminate realization
to generate a property card per element. It is possible to reduce the
number of properties created by combining elements with similar
properties with a given tolerance. These two tolerances are used in the
reduction of the number of properties.
Core sample validation
Many CAD systems provide core samples (simulating drilling and finding
ply stacking sequences at discrete points) to validate composite
modeling. You can export this data from CAD systems (mainly CATIA-CPD) and use it in Engineering Solutions to validate the zone property creation. Using
this option, Engineering Solutions compares the core sample
property from a .csv file to the actual zone
property calculated at that specific location element. A report is also
generated for the comparison. Each core sample has a name, and Engineering Solutions automatically displays it as HM: tag at that
location. In order to view the tags, you need to activate
tools/tag/label:body.
Rename properties
When activated, this option assigns the property name to match the core
sample name.
