Global Plies

It allows you to define global plies.

• Name: Specifies name of global ply.
• ID: Each global ply of the composite has a unique ID. These ID’s are automatically generated by Autodesk Nastran In-CAD as they are created in this dialog box; they cannot be changed
• Properties:
  • Material: Each global ply can have a different material. In order to select a material from this pull-down menu, it should be predefined or can be defined within the dialog.
  • Thickness: Each global ply can have its own thickness value.
  • Angle: This is the ply orientation angle. This angle is measured with respect to the material orientation angle.
    • A zero angle ply corresponds to alignment with the material orientation.
• Stress/Strain: Allows the control of stress output on each ply by setting it to ON or OFF.