Laminate Composites > Inflating laminates

Inflated mesh color

When you extrude or fill a 2D laminate, the software uses ply colors for each 3D ply mesh. You define the ply colors:

In the Ply Layup tab of the Laminate Modeler dialog box for the zone-based process.
In the Layup Modeler dialog box for the ply-based process.

Laminate definition	Inflated laminate with one ply per mesh

When a mesh contains more than one ply, the color of the inflated 3D mesh is the color of the first ply in the stack.

Same inflated laminate with plies 2 and 3 grouped in the same mesh

Extrude a 2D laminate to 3D

Create a sandwich structure

Create a 3D laminate between 2D dependent meshes

Create a butt joint

Inflating laminates

Extrude Laminate

Fill Laminate

Defining butt joints

Right-click commands for laminate inflation nodes

Material orientation and laminate inflation

Element type support for laminates

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Inflated mesh color, Simcenter 3D 2021.1 Series

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