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What's New? 4. Document's specification tree before upgrade Defining a Zone Defining a Transition Zone Running the Connection Generator Refining a Transition Zone Creating an ITP Creating a Solid From Zones In our example, we created ten transition zones in Zones Group.1, each zone containing one contour; and four transition zones in Zones Group.2, each zone containing one contour as well. and create the element you need. Refer to 3. 4. 5. 2. The 3. 4. 5. 6. The 7. 8. The 9. 10. be updated. 11. Refer to 15. The solid is created with its edge going down to the level of the Z2 zone. 4. The XLS File Select dialog box is displayed. 5. 6. 7. The laminate information contained in the Import_Laminate.xls file has been applied to each zone. 8. In the Laminate tab, you can see that the laminate corresponds to the one specified in the Import_Laminate.xls file. In the specification tree, the Laminate attributes are now displayed under the Laminate node. Defining a Plies Group Creating Plies From Zones Creating Plies Manually Modifying Plies It contains the stacking order of the Composites part. The Stack-up file from zones dialog box is displayed. 2. The export enables you to analyze the stack-up and identify any possible problems. 3. 4. 5. Here is an example with Zones Group.1. The stack-up file contains the following information: The Plies group Definition dialog box is displayed. 2. 3. The feature (identified as Plies Group.xxx) is added to the specification tree, under the Stacking node. This node will contain the structure for all the defined zones. 4. In our example, we created two plies groups. Refer to contextual menu. The Plies Creation dialog box is displayed. 2. group where you want the plies to be inserted. The sequence of plies are displayed in the Reorder Children dialog box. 11. 12. The specification tree is modified accordingly. The ply and its contour are automatically expanded in the specification tree. (CPM) Make sure you select both Zone Group.1 and Zone Group.2. The plies are created under Plies Group.1. 2. 3. The Ply Definition dialog box is displayed. The Surface field is automatically populated since the ply inherits the plies group's properties. 2. 3. 4. 8. 9. 10. 11. This curve has thus to be selected twice. The sequence of plies are displayed in the Reorder Children dialog box. 13. 14. The specification tree is modified accordingly. 15. 16. In our example we selected Sequence.62. 17. The specification tree is modified accordingly. To easily locate the ply in the specification tree: you are able to modify its contours and attributes. 2. Its name, value and color are displayed. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 9. 11. ply and when exporting a core sample. 2. The Replace Link dialog box is displayed. 3. In our example we choose KEVLAR4. 4. The following message is displayed: 5. The KEVLAR4 material is applied to the whole stacking. The material is applied only to the ply you selected. For more information on materials and catalogs of material, refer to 2. 3. Five new plies are created and an icon of manual creation is displayed on each ply. Note that the order of the newly created plies is inverted, thus to Ply.5, corresponds to Ply.4, corresponds to Ply.3, corresponds to Ply.2, corresponds to Ply.1. 4. This time, only four plies are created since Ply.5 is used as a pivot, thus: corresponds to Ply.4, corresponds to Ply.3, corresponds to Ply.2, corresponds to Ply.1. Manufacturing (CPM) It can be a ply, a sequence, a plies group or a stacking. In our example we selected Plies Group.1. 2. The Core definition dialog box is displayed. 3. Refer to 8. It contains the stacking order of the Composites part. The Stack-up file from plies dialog box is displayed. 2. 3. 4. 5. The stack-up file contains the following information: 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. The Stack-up file from plies dialog box is displayed. 6. 7. 8. You are informed if the import succeeded or failed. The specification tree has been modified according to the changes you made in the stack-up file. 9. 12. 16. 17. The Limit Contour dialog box is displayed. 2. It can be a ply, a sequence, a plies group or a stacking. In our example we selected Plies Group.1. 3. 4. When entering the values for Line.2, click Invert, to change the material Staggering direction. 5. If you selected several plies, the step is automatically defined starting from the one you selected. 6. The relimiting curve is displayed with a red arrow showing the material that is to be kept. 7. The limit contour feature is created. as well as the 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. The 1. 2. 3. 4. They are displayed in the multiselection dialog box. 5. 6. If you want to select Line.3, you must respect the order of selection of relimiting curves for the contour to be valid. In our e order is Line.2, Line.3 and Line.1. 7. 8. 9. 10. or The 2. 4. The Limit Contour dialog box is displayed. 5. or 6. Relimitation by gap filling Relimitation by extrapolation Manufacturing (CPM) The 3D Multi-Splice dialog box is displayed. 2. In our example, we selected Ply.20 to Ply.30. 3. 4. 5. 6. The specification tree is updated accordingly. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Manufacturing (CPM) The Ply Exploder dialog box is displayed. 2. Cumulative as per Stacking 3. In our example we chose a value of 15mm. 4. The exploded element is added under each ply in the specification tree. 5. 6. 7. 12. 13. Now, only the exploded plies are displayed. 14. The exploded surface of Plies Group.1 only is displayed. The Solid From Plies dialog box is displayed. 2. 3. 4. 5. As a result, an exact solid of the plies is created. Solid created from the Plies Group.1 Creating a Core Sampling gravity and mass on a ply, a sequence, a plies group, or a stacking. Manufacturing (CPM) The Numerical Analysis dialog box is displayed. The analysis is automatically launched, displaying the results in the Analysis frame. The numerical analysis of all the plies can now be exported in an external file (.xls or .txt). The default The Numerical Analysis element appears in the Stacking node under each sequence containing the The Core Sampling dialog box is displayed. 2. 3. The dialog box is updated and the number of plies as well as the total thickness is displayed. 4. The element (identified as CS.xxx) is displayed in the specification tree under the Composites analyses and select the The Core Samples dialog box is displayed: 1. Click the 2. Choose the Core_Sampling.xls file from the Samples directory. 3. Click 4. Click You can check the Synchronizing a Manufacturing Document Swapping the Skin Defining the EOP Defining the Material Excess Analyzing the Producibility Inspecting the Producibility Flattening Plies separate .CATPart document, keeping the link to the engineering .CATPart. The Manufacturing data generation dialog box is displayed. 2. The manufacturing part contains: previously created. A warning is displayed to advice you to save your engineering part. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. A message is displayed indicating the command was successful. 14. The Synchronize dialog box is displayed. 15. 16. The ManufacturingDocument.CATPart document is updated with the splice made on the EngineeringData2.CATPart. synchronization: engineering level prevails when performing a synchronization. 2. It can be a ply, a sequence, a group of plies or a stacking. In our scenario, we selected the Stacking (manufacturing). The Skin swapping dialog box is displayed. The engineering surface to be swapped is already selected in the 3. defined in the engineering plies. 5. In the specification tree, the Swapping feature (identified as Swapping.xxx) is displayed under each ply. 1. Double-click the Swapping.1 element in the specification tree. The Skin Swapping dialog box is displayed. 2. Select the new manufacturing surface. 3. Click OK to perform the modification. Only the ply referencing the feature is modified. 1. Double-click the Plies Group.1 feature in the specification tree. The Plies group definition dialog box is displayed. 2. Click the 3. Click OK to perform the modification. Defining the MEOP plies. (CPM) The Edge of Part definition dialog box is displayed. 2. 3. 4. A green tip replaces the red cross. Refer to The EEOP.1 element appears in the specification tree under the EOPs node and contains the closed contour. The following task precisely explains how to define the MEOP. the plies and is larger than the EEOP's boundary. The Edge of Part definition dialog box is displayed. 2. 3. 4. A green tip replaces the red cross. The MEOP.1 element appears in the specification tree under the EOPs node (below the EEOP.1 element created in The following task precisely explains how to define the material excess. Open the 2. It can be a ply, a ply sequence, a plies group or a stacking. In our scenario, we selected the stacking. The Material excess dialog box is displayed. Plies are exceeded from the EEOP to the MEOP. In the specification tree, the element (identified as Material excess.xxx) is displayed under each ply. 1. Double-click the Material Excess element in the specification tree. The Material Excess dialog box is displayed. 2. Select other elements as EEOP or MEOP. 3. Click OK to perform the modification. Open the Engineering definition of ply.1 Manufacturing definition of ply.1 1. 2. In our scenario, we selected the stacking. The Material excess dialog box is displayed. In the specification tree, the element (identified as Material excess.xxx) is displayed under each ply and contains only one definition of the plies. The manufacturing plies will be nested, cut and put on the mold without the cutouts. In some cases, the MEOP can contain more contours than the EEOP, for instance when tooling tabs are added to the The Producibility dialog box is displayed. 2. In our scenario, we selected Ply.1. In the Entity frame, the The reference angle is 90 degrees. A color code applies depending on the deformation values: 3. The original fiber directions are displayed on the point (blue for warp and red for weft). Refer to 4. In our scenario we selected 10mm. The lower the radius values are, the more precise the meshes will be. 5. 6. group. Minimum Distortion By default, the A color code applies depending on the deviation values: You can rely on those curves if you later want to create a dart or a splice in order to lower the ply's deformation. Manufacturing (CPM) 2. 3. The Inspection Analysis dialog box is displayed. 4. In our scenario we selected Plies Group.1. cannot be performed. 7. result of the seeds behavior. The Flattening dialog box is displayed. 2. It can be a ply, a ply sequence, a plies group or a stacking. In our scenario, we selected the stacking. Multi-selection 6. With Material Roll option With Unfold Assembly option In the specification tree, each flatten curve corresponding to a ply is added to this Ply node. and all created flatten curves lie on this plane. 8. The flatten curves are not displayed anymore. 10. The flatten contour of ply.1 is displayed. 12. 13. The flatten contour is updated. 16. 17. The Curve Smooth Definition dialog box is displayed. Texts are displayed on the flatten contour showing the discontinuities before smoothing. You can see that several points on the flatten contour need to be refined. Features created under the flatten body are not supported. In such a case, the flatten contour is in show mode. 2. 3. 4. For the purpose of this scenario, the 3D curve is displayed in pink. 2. 4. 5. Manufacturing (CPM) Open the The Export Ply dialog box is displayed. 2. It can be a ply, a ply sequence, a plies group or a stacking. 3. Two formats are available: Default export paths are displayed, corresponding to the path where the sample is stored. A 3D curve is displayed. A flatten curve is displayed. surface and the contour. This area can be computed when launching a numerical analysis or creating a core sampling for instance. You can remove the split area from all the plies of the stacking, a plies group, a sequence or a ply. command. contextual command. command. Creating Lines Creating Planes Creating Circles Open the 1. The Point Definition dialog box appears. 2. The corresponding point is displayed. If this point is not on the curve, it is projected onto the curve. If no point is selected, the curve's extremity is used as reference. The corresponding point is displayed. You can also: when using the currently created point as the reference, as described in Creating Multiple Points in the Wireframe and Surface User's Guide. You will also be able to create planes normal to the curve at these points, by checking the projection of the model's origin as reference direction. You can also use the contextual menu to specify the X, Y, Z components of the reference direction. A point is displayed at each tangent. generated. Refer to the You can also click when using the If the ratio value is greater than 1, the point is located on the virtual line beyond the selected points. 3. The point (identified as Point.xxx) is added to the specification tree. Open the The Line Definition dialog box is displayed. 2. In this case a geodesic line is created, i.e. going from one point to the other according to the shortest The geodesic line is not available with the Wireframe and Surface workbench. points initially selected. These The projections of the 3D point(s) must already exist on the selected support. A vector parallel to the direction line is displayed at the reference point. Proposed The corresponding line is displayed. The projections of the 3D point(s) must already exist on the selected support. A line is displayed at the given angle with respect to the tangent to the reference curve at the selected As many lines as indicated in the dialog box are created, each separated from the initial line by a multiple Line tangent to curve at a given point Line tangent to two curves The corresponding line is displayed. A vector normal to the surface is displayed at the reference point. Proposed The line (identified as Line.xxx) is added to the specification tree. using the graphic manipulators. Here is an example with the Bisecting line type, the element. Here is an example with the Point-Point line type, the Up-to 1 Here is an example with the Point-Direction line type, the Up-to 2 performed. It is only possible if the element is linear and lies on the same plane as the line being created. However, no extrapolation is performed if the Up-to element is a curve or a surface. grayed out with the By default, the Length type is selected. The The The Line dialog box opens again with the first point initialized with the second point of the first To stop the repeat action, simply uncheck the option or click Cancel in the Line Definition dialog box. 1. The Plane Definition dialog box appears. 2. the graphic manipulator. Use the currently creating), each separated from the initial plane by a multiple of the This axis can be any line or an implicit element, such as a cylinder axis for example. To select the latter press and hold the Shift key while moving the pointer over the element, then click it. reference plane on the rotation axis. It is oriented at the specified angle to the reference plane. onto the reference plane. If the reference plane is not parallel to the rotation axis, the created plane is rotated around the axis to have the appropriate angle with regard to reference plane. initial plane. currently creating), each separated from the initial plane by a multiple of the Here we created five planes at an angle of 20 degrees. to the desired location. When these two lines are not coplanar, the vector of the second line is moved to the first line location to define the plane's second direction. computed at the point on the curve that is the nearest to the selected point. components, the Use the option to either: Open the 1. The Circle Definition dialog box appears. 2. Depending on the active For a circular arc, you can specify the The circle, which center is the first selected point and passing through the second point or the projection of this second point on the plane tangent to the surface at the first point, is previewed. Depending on the active For a circular arc, you can specify the plane passing through the two points and whose normal is closest to the given direction is computed as follows: The circle, passing through the first selected point and the second point or the projection of this second point on the plane tangent to the surface at the first point, is previewed. Depending on the active For a circular arc, you can specify the trimmed or complementary arc using the two selected points as end points. You can use the With a plane as Support With a direction as Support (the computed plane is shown in blue) Depending on the active For a circular arc, you can specify the trimmed or complementary arc using the two of the selected points as end points. It can be any linear curve. With projection Without projection If one of the selected inputs is a planar curve, then the Depending on the active You can select the If one of the selected inputs is a planar curve, then the Depending on the active You can select the If one of the selected inputs is a planar curve, then the Depending on the active For a circular arc, you can specify the trimmed or complementary arc using the two tangent points as end points. You can select the circle type. There are two ways to create a center and tangent circle: 1. Center curve and radius 2. Line tangent to curve definition the option is checked, the Axis direction field is enabled. In the specification tree, the axes are aggregated under the Circle feature. You can edit their directions but cannot modify them. If the datum mode is active, the axes are not aggregated under the Circle features, but one ore three datum lines are Axis normal to the circle Axis aligned with the reference direction (yz plane) Axis normal to the reference direction This task shows how to join surfaces or curves. Open the 1. The Join Definition dialog box appears. In Part Design workbench, the If you double-click the successively selecting elements will add/remove them. However, if you click only once, only the next selected element is added or removed. 4. The join is oriented according to the first element in the list. If you change this element, the join's Checking it automatically checks the Management For further information, see 15. These sub-elements are elements making up the elements selected to create the join, such as separate faces of a surface for example, that are to be removed from the join currently being created. You can edit the sub-elements list as described above for the elements displayed in the list, i.e. those that are not to be joined in the first join. This option is active only when creating the first join, not when editing it. 17. The surface or curve (identified as Join.xxx) is added to the specification tree. This option is only available with the Generative Shape Design 2 product. The purpose of the federation is to regroup several elements making up the joined surface or curve. This Open the 1. making up the elements federation. You can edit the list of elements taking part in the federation as described above for the elements to be joined 3. federation, taking this propagation mode into account. no element can be explicitly selected. included in the federation tangent to it, are part of the federation To federate a surface and its boundaries in tangency, you need to select the face as well as the edges: 5. up to surface 6. The up to surface pas is automatically recomputed even though it does not lie over the same faces of the surface as before, because these two faces belong to the same federation. This would not be the case if the federation including all top faces would not have been created, as shown below. 9. mode. 10. A warning message is issued, informing you that an edge no longer is recognized on the pad. 11. The Update Diagnosis dialog box is displayed, allowing you to re-enter the specifications for the 12. The Make sure the prior to generating a view in a .CATDrawing document, in order to be able to visualize the ply contours and the GSD curves. The New Drawing Creation dialog box is displayed. 2. Here, we selected the 3. Ply contours are now represented, in addition to GSD curves. For instance, a template can include the name, the material and the direction of the ply, when another template can 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. They are displayed in the text editor. 7. information. 1. 2. Design In Composites Design workbench, when saving data into ENOVIA V5, the global transaction is Click the hotspots to display the related documentation. The various menus and menu commands that are specific to Composites Design are described below. Start File Edit Insert Tasks corresponding to general menu commands are described in the See... Defining a Zone Group Create Zone Defining a Zone Create Transition Zone Defining a Transition Zone New ITP Creation Creating an ITP Connection Generator Running the Connection Generator Solid From Zones Creating a Solid From Zones See... Importing a Laminate See... Creating a Stack-up File From Zones Plies Creation From Zones Creating Plies From Zones New Plies Group Creation Defining a Plies Group New Ply Creation Creating Plies Manually New Core Creation Creating a Core Ply Table Creating a Stack-Up File From Plies Ply Table Import Reading a Stack-Up File From Plies Limit Contour Creating a Limit Contour Limit Contours From Input File Reading a Staggering File Create 3DMultisplice Creating a 3D Multi-Splice for Plies Ply Exploder Exploding Plies Exporting Ply Data See... Launching the Numerical Analysis Core Sampling Creating a Core Sampling See... Creating a Manufacturing Document Synchronize this document from Synchronizing a Manufacturing Document Skin Swapping Swapping the Skin Edge Of Part Defining the EOP Material Excess Defining the Material Excess See... Analyzing the Producibility Flattening Flattening Plies Creating Planes Circle... Creating Circles See... Interoperability With Generative Shape Design The Preliminary Design Toolbar contains the following tools: The Import Laminate Toolbar contains the following tool: The Plies Toolbar contains the following tools: The Analysis Toolbar contains the following tools: The Manufacturing Toolbar contains the following tools: See The Flattening Toolbar contains the following tools: The Data Export Toolbar contains the following tool: The Wireframe Toolbar contains the following tools: The GSD Toolbar contains the following tool: specification tree by the following icons. Further information on general symbols in the specification tree are available in Specification Tree insert enabling to stiffen the part. core sampling Engineering Edge Of Part: engineering outer boundary of the plies. EOP Edge Of Part: outer boundary of the plies. Inner Mold Line: top surface of the Composites part. ITP number of layers per association material / direction for one zone. Manufacturing Edge Of Part: manufacturing outer boundary of the plies. piece of fabric. producibility 3D to 2D producibility bi-tangent and point bi-tangent and radius center and axis center and tangent point center and radius three points tritangent two points two points and radius command 3D MultiSplice Circle Connection Generator Core EOP Flattening ITP Join Laminate Limit Contour Line Manufacturing Data Material Excess Numerical Analysis Plane Plies From Zones Plies Group Ply Ply Exploder Ply export data Point Producibility Skin swapping Solid From Plies Solid From Zones Stack-Up File From Plies Stack-Up File From Zones Staggering File Synchronizing Data Transition Zone Zone Zones Group connection generator core sample creating 3D multi splice circles circular arcs core Core Sample exploded plies ITP limit contour line lines manufacturing data plane planes plies from zones plies manually points solid stack-up file from plies stack-up file from zones synchronizing data creating point EEOP EOP Material Excess plies group transition zone zone zones group data ply interoperability laminate inspecting producibility interoperability Generative Shape Design Wireframe joining curves surfaces limit contour creating line bisecting normal to surface point-direction point-point tangent to curve up to a curve up to a point up to a surface manufacturing document synchronizing material excess modifying angle-normal to plane equation from equation mean through points normal to curve parallel through point tangent to surface through planar curve through point and line through three points through two lines plies group ply exporting data flattening ply from zones point creating pre-R15 Composites models upgrading producibility stack-up file from plies staggering file refining transition zone removing ply shells swapping solid from plies solid from zones stack-up file from plies creating reading stack-up file from zones staggering file swapping skin synchronizing manufacturing document synchronizing data transition zone defining refining pre-R15 Composites models interoperability zones group