Solidify Plies Enhancements
Creo Parametric 12.4.0.0
User Interface Location: In the Composite environment, click 
Solidify Plies.
Solidify Plies.
Videos
Description
Solidification and IML Performance
In the Composite environment, solidification and IML are now significantly improved, offering enhanced robustness, performance, and quality.
Now, complex composite layups are solidified with a better performance. The geometry of plies above and below the cores, as well as the creation of core-taper geometry, is significantly improved.
Solidification with Drop-off Geometry and Handling Small Radii
When using Composite solidification and IML, you can now include the ply drop-off geometry that makes the resulting solid a more accurate representation of the laminate design.
Additionally, the solidification process is enhanced to handle local radii in the layup surface that are smaller than the thickness of the local ply stack-up. These small radii are collapsed into sharp corners. This enhancement works for both constant and variable radii, resulting in partial sharp corners that automatically transition into the correct local thickness offset.
Benefits
These enhancements improve productivity and user experience by:
• Delivering a more robust, higher quality, and better-performing solidification feature.
• Providing a more accurate representation of the laminate design for the downstream usage.
Additional Information
Tips: | None. |
Limitations: | No known limitations. |
Does this replace existing functionality? | No. |
Configuration option associated with this functionality: | None. |