Welcome to Tru Composites learning

Autodesk® TruComposites - Standard comprises the previous Autodesk products TruPlan and TruLaser.

TruPlan is a CAD-independent software tool designed to help you test the manufacturability of composite parts during the design process. TruPlan enables you to assess the cost-impact of design features and surface definitions across multiple manufacturing processes, such as Automated Fiber Placement (AFP), Automated Tape Laying (ATL), and Hand Layup (HLU).

TruLaser is a CAD-independent software tool designed to help you edit laser data and simulate full-scale laser projections.

To learn more about Tru Composites - Standard, use the panel on the left to browse the table of contents. To get back to this home page at any time, in the upper-left corner, click the TruPlan logo.

TruComposites release notes

2020

See the readme for information on known issues and more.

• New tooltips for commands in ribbon.
• New Inventor 2020 light theme icons for ribbon commands and browser tree nodes.
• Support for curve editing.
• Better support for flat pattern editing.

2019.1

See the readme for information on known issues and more.

• Draping:

  • Renamed the legacy propagation mode to Minimum Energy; including one or more ply boundaries is now supported.
  • New propogation mode: Symmetric (experimental phase); seed curve is supported for this mode.
• Flat pattern:
• Support for 0 degree alignment.
• Editing results will be saved as a copy.
• Nesting Utility Connectivity:
• "Create Nest" can carry over composites material properties to Nesting Utility.

2019

This is the first release of Tru Composites - Standard. See the latest readme for information on known issues and more.