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Fiber Orientation Options dialog box

Shear Angle
Spectrum Controls the color display of ply fiber orientation.Stoplight displays the fiber shear angle as a function of the lock angle. The ply angles that are less than the yellow point percentage of the lock angle are displayed in green. The ply angles that are greater than the yellow point percentage of the lock angle, but less than the lock angle are displayed in yellow. All other ply angles are displayed in red.Structural displays the fiber shear angle as a percentage of 90° using the structural color scheme.
Yellow Point Available when Spectrum is set to Stoplight.Specifies the percentage of the lock angle at which the ply fiber angle is displayed in yellow.
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