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Importing CATIA ply group algorithm

To import CATIA ply groups, the part file must contain all CAD faces that are referenced by the XML file containing the CATIA ply groups.

If a polygon sheet body from a 2D mesh does not exist in the FEM, to create it, the software:Identifies the meshes on which the layup is assigned.Identifies the parent polygon faces from these meshes.Makes associative copies of the identified faces in the idealized part.Meshes the copied faces using the parent 2D mesh size that is scaled by the specified mesh size factor.Creates a single polygon sheet body on mesh. This body is displayed in the Simulation Navigator under the Polygon Geometry node with the following icon: .
To determine which 2D elements reference which imported ply, the software:Discretizes each ply boundary curve using the specified number of discretization points.Projects each point on the polygon sheet body on mesh.Creates the ply boundary in the uv space.Computes the element centroid coordinates of the original 2D mesh in the uv space.Checks if the 2D element is inside the ply boundary or not.

Import a layup from a laminate physical property

Create a global layup

Create ply extensions

Import a layup

Create a ply section and its section curves

Creating a global layup

Creating global plies

Working with global plies and global ply groups

Cohesive layers

Exporting the global layup to Fibersim

Draping global plies over the model

Layup offset

Working with imported layups

Creating ply sections and section curves

Ply-based workflow

Defining plies and a stacking sequence

Global layups and hand layup manufacturing

Ply extensions

Supported Fibersim material properties

Conditions to import from Fibersim

Right-click commands for ply section nodes

Right-click commands for global layup nodes

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Importing CATIA ply group algorithm, Simcenter 3D 2021.1 Series

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