Defining the EEOP

This task shows you how to define the Engineering Edge Of Part.
It corresponds to the engineering outer boundary of the plies.
Available in Composites Engineering Design (CPE) and Composites Design for Manufacturing (CPM).
Open the EEOP1.CATPart document.

  1. Click Edge Of Part in the Manufacturing toolbar.
    The Edge of Part definition dialog box is displayed.

  2. Change the EOP name as EEOP.1.

  3. Select the surface on which you want to create the EEOP (Offset.1).
    The Contour field is updated.

  4. Create a contour of the EEOP as explained in Defining a Contour.
 

  1. Click OK to create the EOP.
    The EEOP.1 element is displayed in the specification tree under the EOPs node
    and contains the closed contour.

An EEOP / MEOP couple per surface is mandatory to be able to define the material excess.
The following task precisely explains how to define the MEOP.