Composites Toolbars

This section describes the various toolbars available in the Composites workbench.

The toolbars

• Parameters
• Contour
• Preliminary Design
• Plies
• Top Surface & Solid
• Data Export
• Analysis
• Splicing
• Manufacturing
• Flattening
• Mirror
• Wireframe
• Unfold Surface
• Surface Tools

are located on the right in the default set-up

Parameters Toolbar

Available in the Composites Design Workbench and the Composites Grid Design Workbench

Composites Parameters See Defining the Composites Parameters

Contour Toolbar

Create Standard Contour See Defining a Contour

Preliminary Design Toolbar

	Zones Group See Defining a Zone Group
	Zone See Defining a Zone
	Transition Zone See Defining a Transition Zone
	Import Laminate See Importing a Laminate
	ITP See Creating an ITP
	ITP Height See Creating an ITP Height
	Connection Generator See Running the Connection Generator
	Zones Bridge Analyzer See Analyzing Zones Bridges
	Stack Up File From Zones See Creating a Stack-up File
	Stack Up File From Core Samples See Creating a Stack Up File From Core Samples
	Solid From Zones See Creating a Solid From Zones
	Associative Solid From Zones See Creating an Associative  Solid From Zones
	Drop Off See Creating a Drop-off
	Slicing Group See Slicing a Solid

Plies Toolbar

	Plies Group See Defining a Plies Group
	Plies From Zones See Creating Plies From Zones
	Plies From Slicing See Creating Plies From Slicing
	Ply See Creating Plies Manually
	Core See Creating a Core
	Ply Table See Creating a Stack-Up File From Plies
	Ply Table Import See Reading a Stack-Up File From Plies
	Limit Contour See Creating a Limit Contour
	Limit Contours From Input File See Reading a Staggering File
	Symmetric Plies Stacking See Applying a Symmetry to Plies
	Symmetric Plies See Creating/Deleting Symmetric Plies
	Merge Plies See Merging Plies
	No Drop Off Area See Creating a No Drop-Off Area
	Dart See Creating Darts
	Material Addition See Adding Material
	Material Addition Wizard See Using the Material Addition Wizard
	Merge Stacking See Merging Stackings
	Rounded Corner See Creating Rounded Corners on Contours

Top Surface & Solid Toolbar

	Iso-Thickness Areas See Creating Iso-Thickness Areas
	Iso-Thickness Junction Wizard See Using the Junction Lines Wizard
	Iso-Thickness Junction Lines See Creating Junction Lines
	Solid From Iso-Thickness Areas See Creating the Solid
	Solid From Plies See Creating a Solid from Plies
	Elevate Solid or Top Surface Taking Variable Cores into Account in Solids or Top Surfaces

Analysis Toolbar

	For all On the Fly Information icons See Displaying Information on the Fly
	Check Contours See Checking Contours
	Numerical Analysis See Performing a Numerical Analysis
	Ply Section Beam Properties See Retrieving the Properties of a Beam Section
	Ply Section See Creating Ply Sections
	Ply Exploder See Exploding Plies
	Multiple Core Sample See Creating Multiple Core Samples
	Stacking Management See Using the Stacking Management
	Rosette Preview See Previewing the Rosette
	Rosette Transfer Curve See Creating a Rosette Transfer Curve

Data Export Toolbar

	Ply Data Export See Exporting Ply Data
	XML Export See Exporting to XML
	Laser Projector See Creating a Laser Projector
	Laser Projection Export See Exporting a Laser Projection
	Laser Projection File Reader See Reading a Laser Projection File

Splicing Toolbar

	Butt Splice Zone See Creating a Butt Splice Zone
	No Splice Zone See Creating a No Splice Zone
	Gap Offset See Creating a Gap Offset on a Splice Zone
	Splice Plies See Creating SplicePlies
	Splice Plies from Producibility See  Creating Splice Plies from Producibility

Manufacturing Toolbar

	Prepare for Synchronization See Preparing for Synchronization
	Manufacturing Document See Creating Manufacturing Data
	Synchronize See Synchronizing a Manufacturing Document
	Skin Swapping See Swapping the Skin
	Edge Of Part See Defining the EEOP See Defining the MEOP
	Material Excess See Defining the Material Excess
	Stagger Origin Points See Adding a Stagger Origin Point
	Additional Geometries See Creating Additional Geometries
	Stacking Text See Creating Stacking Texts
	Stacking Text on Plies See Creating Stacking Texts on Plies

Flattening Toolbar

	Producibility for Fiber Placement See Creating a Producibility for Fiber Placement
	Producibility for Hand Layup See Creating a Producibility for Hand Layup
	Edit Producibility Table See Editing the Producibility Table
	Flattening See Flattening
	Geometry Transfer See Transferring a Geometry from 3D to 2D and 2D to 3D
	Producibility Inspection See Inspecting the Producibility
	Fiber Direction See Displaying the Fiber Direction
	Unfold Plies See Unfolding Entities

Mirror Toolbar

	Mirror Part See Creating a Mirror Part
	Synchronize Mirror Part See Synchronizing a Mirror Part

Wireframe Toolbar

	Point See Creating Points
	Line See Creating Lines
	Plane See Creating Planes
	Circle See Creating Circles

Unfold Surface Toolbar

	Unfold See Unfolding a Surface
	Transfer See Transferring Elements

Surface Tools Toolbar

	Curve Smooth See Smoothing Curves
	Join See Interoperability With Generative Shape Design
	Healing See Healing Geometry
	Surface Simplification See Simplifying Surfaces