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Composite Pre Users Guide

Composite Pre

BETA CAE Systems 1 ANSA


Composite Pre Users Guide

Table of Contents

Table of Contents ..........................................................................................................................2


1. Introduction................................................................................................................................3
2. Execution...................................................................................................................................3
3. OR Laminates ...........................................................................................................................3
4. Set Laminate PID ......................................................................................................................4
5. View Rosettes ...........................................................................................................................4
6. Laminate Report ........................................................................................................................4
7. Convert PCOMP to PSHELL .....................................................................................................4
8. Laminate Table View .................................................................................................................4
9. Laminate from Shell Thickness .................................................................................................4

BETA CAE Systems 2 ANSA


Composite Pre Users Guide

1. Introduction

Composite Pre is a collection of functions aiming to organize and simplify the workflow of modeling composite
components. Though the functions in this collection can be run through the Plugins menu, it is much more
efficient to be called from the Composite Pre menu bar which is available when ANSA is launched with the
Composite layout. This layout is a collection of both hardcoded functionality and the additional scripts provided
by this plugin, brought together to simplify the workflow.

2. Execution

The collection of functions this plugin provides can be accessed through the Plugins>Composite Pre from the
menu bar. It is recommended to launch ANSA with the Composite layout, so that the functions are grouped
together with hardcode functions in the Composite Pre menu bar. To do so, activate the Composite layout in the
launcher window:

The functions that are provided by this script plugin are:


 OR Laminates
 Set Laminate PID
 View Rosettes
 Laminate Report
 Convert PCOMP to PSHELL
 Laminate Table View
 Laminate from Shell Thickness

3. OR Laminates

Shows only elements with laminate/composite properties.

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Composite Pre Users Guide

4. Set Laminate PID

This function assigns a laminate property to selected elements.


 Select a laminate/composite property and confirmed by middle mouse click.
 Select elements to apply the selected property.

5. View Rosettes

Opens a list with all rosettes used in the active model.

6. Laminate Report

Generates the laminate report for a selected laminate/composite property.

7. Convert PCOMP to PSHELL

Converts LAMINATE or PCOMP properties into PSHELL. For every PCOMP zone, the equivalent homogenized
PSHELL property and the respective MAT2 entities that describe the MEMBRANE (MID1), BENDING (MID2),
MEMBRANE-COUPLING (MID4) and TRANSVERSE SHEAR STIFFNESS (MID3), are created.
 Select the Laminate/PCOMP properties and confirm by middle mouse click.
Remarks:
1) Works only for NASTRAN Deck.
2) With this conversion the lamination information is hidden and the solution (displacements) is the same as the
PCOMP’s.

8. Laminate Table View

Pick one or more Laminates/PCOMPs to edit layer data in a table.

9. Laminate from Shell Thickness

This function assigns a Laminate property to the selected Shell elements. The Laminate property is built with
layers of specified thickness. The Laminate is split into zones according to the Nodal or Property Thickness of the
selected Shells.

BETA CAE Systems 4 ANSA

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