Fiber Orientation dialog box

Filter
Laminate	Specifies the laminate name to filter the plies and display those that belong to the selected laminate.
Layup	Specifies the layup name to filter the plies and display those that belong to the selected layup.
Description	Sets a string to filter the plies by their description.
Label <=	Sets a label number to filter the plies, and displays the plies with labels less than or equal to the specified number.
Label >=	Sets a label number to filter the plies, and displays the plies with labels greater than or equal to the specified number.
Filter	Filters the plies based on all filters that you defined in the Filter group and displays the filtered plies in the List Plies list.
Ply/Global Ply Selection
Lists the filtered plies.To add a ply to the Ply/Global Ply List list, double-click the desired ply or right-click it and choose Select.
Ply/Global Ply List
Lists the selected plies.To remove a ply from the Selected Plies list, double-click the desired ply or right-click it and choose Unselect.
Display Options
Primary Direction	Available if the Display Shear check box is cleared.Displays the ply primary direction. It is the warp direction for a weave.To change the color of the direction vector, click the color swatch and choose a color from the Color dialog box.
Secondary Direction	Available if the Display Shear check box is cleared and the draping solver is not set to unidirectional.Displays the ply secondary direction. It is the weft direction for a weave.To change the color of the direction vector, click the color swatch and choose a color from the Color dialog box.
Stacking Direction	Displays the ply stacking direction on 3D elements.To change the color of the direction vector, click the color swatch and choose a color from the Color dialog box.
Display Shear	Displays the fiber primary and secondary directions using the shear display options that are defined for the global layup.
Fiber 2D	Displays the direction vectors that you selected in the Display Options group on a 2D mesh.
Fiber 3D	Displays the direction vectors that you selected in the Display Options group on a 3D mesh.
	Clears the direction vectors from the display in the graphics window.

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