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Create a Manual Ply
A manual ply is a single ply defined by boundary, rosette, material, orientation, drop-off, name, and sequence. To create a manual ply, you must first set up the Composite Design environment. To learn how to setup the Composite Design environment, see Setting Up the Composite Design Environment.
When you create a manual ply, a manual ply feature is created in the Composite Tree and a ply object is created in the Laminate Tree.
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You can change the default prefixes of the name and the sequence of a laminate object in one of the following ways:
• Click File > Options. In the Creo Parametric Options dialog box, click Applications > Composite. Specify the values under Name Policy Settings.
Create a manual ply as follows:
1. Click Manual Ply. The Manual Ply tab opens.
2. In the Boundary chains collector, select chains to define the boundary of a ply. You can define a boundary by selecting a single closed loop, one outer and one or more inner loops, multiple individual loops, or multiple intersecting curves, edges, or loops. Make sure that the ply boundary does not overlap the layup surface boundary. To learn how to define the boundary of a ply, see Example: Define a Ply Boundary.
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To invert the selection, click Flip Side.
3. To change the default rosette, click in the Rosette box and select a rosette from the Composite Tree.
4. To change the default material, select a different composite material from the Material list.
5. In the Orientation box, select or type an angle to set the orientation of the ply relative to the X-axis of the rosette.
6. (Optional) In the Ply Settings tab, change the following settings:
◦ In the Drop-off box, select Default or specify a value. When you select Default, the ply will use the drop-off value defined in the setup. When you specify a custom value, that value will be used.
◦ In the Name box, specify a name.
◦ In the Sequence box, specify a sequence. Two or more laminate objects can have the same sequence.
7. Click OK.
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Right-click a manual ply feature and select to locate its ply object.
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