Composite Design

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Composite Design

Introduction to Composite Design

In Creo Parametric 10.0.1.0 and later, the composite functionality is added. To set up the composite design environment, you need to complete the following steps:

• Add Composite Materials — The Composite Design environment uses composite materials of the top part, to create plies and cores.

• Define the Layup Surface—A layup surface is defined by selecting an individual surface, a complete quilt, or multiple surfaces of the same quilt or the same body. You can define only one layup surface in a Composite feature.

• Define a Rosette—A rosette is a reference coordinate system that defines the primary fiber orientation of the plies and cores. You must define a layup surface before defining the rosette.

For more details about Creo Composite Design and the user interface, refer to the Composite Design module in the Creo online help.

Non-Compatible APIs in Composite Models

The functions that do not support composite models return the error type PRO_TK_UNSUPPORTED, when a composite model is passed as the input model.

Non-Compatible APIs for read-only/locked models

The functions that do not support read-only/locked models return the error type PRO_TK_CANT_MODIFY or PRO_TK_BAD_INPUTS when a read-only/locked model is passed as the input model.

Composite Feature

The feature type PRO_FEAT_CMPST_DESIGN represents the composite feature. You can create a composite feature using the function ProCompositeFeatureCreate().

Note:

Always regenerate the composite model and top part using the ProSolidRegenerate().

Functions Introduced:

• ProCompositeMdlGet()

• ProCompositeFeatureCreate()

• ProMdlIsComposite()

• ProRosetteDefaultSet()

• ProRosetteDefaultGet()

• ProCompositePlyVisit()

• ProPlyColorGet()

• ProPlyFeatureGet()

• ProSolidBodyIsComposite()

The function ProCompositeMdlGet() retrieves the composite model for the specified composite feature.

The function ProCompositeFeatureCreate() creates an empty composite feature with the specified model handle.

Use the function ProMdlIsComposite() to check if model is a composite model.

The function ProRosetteDefaultSet() sets the specified rosette feature as default.

The function ProRosetteDefaultGet() returns the default rosette feature for the specified composite model.

The function ProCompositePlyVisit() visits all the plies in the specified composite solid. The input arguments are as follows:

• composite—Handle to composite solid.

• action—Visiting function defined by ProModelitemVisitAction(). If it returns anything other than PRO_TK_NO_ERROR, visiting stops.

• filter—Filter function defined by ProModelitemFilterAction() If it is NULL, all the features in the specified solid are visited using the action function.

• appdata—Application data passed to the filter and action functions.

Use the function ProPlyColorGet() to retrieve the color of the ply.

Use the function ProPlyFeatureGet() to retrieve the feature that created the specified ply.

Composite Feature Types

The following feature types are supported in Composite Design:

Feature Type	Description	New/Existing
PRO_FEAT_CMPST_DESIGN	Composite Design	New
PRO_FEAT_CSYS PRO_CSYS_SUB_TYPE_ROSETTE	Coordinate System Rosette	Existing New
PRO_FEAT_GEOM_COPY PRO_E_CMPST_DESIGN_SURF_DIR	Copy Geometry Layup Surface	Existing New
PRO_FEAT_REMOVE_PLY	Remove Ply	New
PRO_FEAT_CMPST_MAN_PLY	Manual Ply	New
PRO_FEAT_CMPST_CORE	Core Ply	New
PRO_FEAT_CMPST_PLIES_TRANS	Transition Plies	New
PRO_FEAT_CMPST_SPLC	Splice Plies	New
PRO_FEAT_CMPST_DRAPE	Composite Drape	New
PRO_FEAT_CMPST_DESIGN_SURF		New
PRO_FEAT_DATUM	All types of Datums	Existing
PRO_FEAT_CURVE PRO_CURVE_TYPE_CLOSED_LOOP	All types of Curves Closed Loop Curve	Existing New
PRO_FEAT_DATUM_POINT	Datum Points	Existing
PRO_FEAT_DATUM_AXIS	Datum Axis	Existing

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