Ply Card Edit apply coordinate system

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hello,

 

I am quite beginner in Hyperworks and I am currently modelling a laminate (HC panel) with different plies. Whenever I make a modification in the mesh, before running the calculation I need to re-open Ply card and specify elements that are included in each ply, because they are lost due to mesh (thus, element) modification.

 

I am wondering if there is another way to specify plies, because it might be relatively annoying to update this part of the model each time a mesh modification is carried out; in this case, number of plies is not extrenely big, but it can happen that a model consists of many of them, leading to a high waste of time.  For example, that instead of selecting elements which would be involved in a ply, surfaces could be selected. Any help would be helpful. 

 

Thanks in advance.

Regards

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited July 2016

    Hi Drew,

     

    Try with lines instead of elements/element sets

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited July 2016

    Hi Prakash,


    Thanks for your quick reply!!

     

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