1. | Select the material to be edited from the Laminate Browser. |
The Define/Edit and Review/Results panes are populated with the selected material definition.
For the OptiStruct, Nastran and Ansys user profiles:
1. | Edit the data fields in the Define/Edit pane. |
Data may be cut, copied from, pasted to, or deleted from the data fields using the toolbar, pull-down Edit menu, or CTRL+X, CTRL+C, CTRL+V, and CTRL+D respectively.
2. | Clicking Clear will reset all fields to zero. |
Each change is reflected in the Review/Results pane.
3. | If desired, a new name for the material may be entered in the Material: field, or the material color may be altered by clicking the color swatch and selecting a new color from the pop-up color palette. |
4. | Click Apply to save the changes for the current HyperLaminate session. (It is important to remember that the HyperMesh database is only updated on exit from HyperLaminate.) |
The final material definition is displayed in the Review tab.
For the Abaqus user profile:
1. | Click Edit to see the material definition in the HyperMesh card previewer. |
2. | Make all desired changes to the material definition in the card previewer. |
This returns you to the HyperLaminate GUI.
4. | If desired, a new name for the material may be entered in the Material: field or the material color may be altered by clicking the color swatch and selecting a new color from the pop-up color palette. |
5. | Click Apply to save the changes. |