Laminate Realize Dialog

Laminate realization is used for converting ply based models into zone based models and creating properties for each zone. The Laminate Realize dialog opens when you select Realize when right-clicking on a laminate in the Model browser.

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There are several options available in the dialog:

•	Include drape: Currently only FiberSim CAD drape data is supported. CATIA –CPD drape data is not yet available. The drape data is exported to OptiStruct, Abaqus and Ansys solvers.

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Orientation and Thickness Tolerance: When drape data is used from the CAD system, properties of each element can change from one to the other. This may create many properties (one for each element). It is possible to reduce the number of properties created by combining elements with similar properties with a given tolerance. These two tolerances are used in the reduction of the number of properties.

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Core sample validation: Many CAD systems provide core samples (simulating drilling and finding ply stacking sequences at discrete points) to validate composite modeling. You can export this data from CAD systems (mainly CATIA-CPD) and use it in HyperMesh to validate the zone property creation. Using this option, HyperMesh compares the core sample property from a .csv file to the actual zone property calculated at that specific location element. A report is also generated for the comparison. Each core sample has a name, and HyperMesh automatically displays it as HM: tag at that location. In order to view the tags, you need to activate tools/tag/label:body.

•	Rename properties: When activated, this option assigns the property name to match the core sample name.