The stacking direction of plies in a laminate is determined by element normals for
both ply-based and zone-based models. Element normals can be set from either the 2D > composites > element normals or Tool > normals panels.
Refer to Composites
Panel for further details. Figure 1. Figure 2.
The following images show the laminate stacking direction for a given element
normal. Figure 3.
