Defining the MEOP

This task shows you how to define the Manufacturing Edge Of Part.
It corresponds to the manufacturing outer boundary of the plies and is larger than the EEOP's boundary.
Open the MEOP1.CATPart document.

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

  2. Change the MEOP name to MEOP.1.

  3. Select the manufacturing surface (Offset.1).
    The Contour field is updated.

  4. Create a closed contour.
    See Defining a Contour for more information.

  5. Click OK to create the MEOP.
    The MEOP.1 element is displayed in the specification tree under the EOPs node
    (below the EEOP.1 element created in the previous task) 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 material excess.