Several features in ACP can be defined as tabular values. Look-up tables can be used for thickness definition of plies, selection rules, draping angles, and field definitions. In such cases, the Look-up Table contains values (scalars) or direction (vectors) at specified points in 3D space or along a single direction.
Look-Up Tables require at least a Location column (1 or 3 components, one for each coordinate). Direction columns (3 columns) and/or Scalar columns can be added. The Look-Up Table can be edited efficiently by exporting and importing an .xls(x) file (see Edit Entities with Excel) or a .csv file.(see CSV Format).
Note: Look-up Table rows cannot be directly added or removed in the ACP GUI. The values in existing cells can only be modified.
Populating Look-Up Tables
The easiest way is to populate Look-up Tables is with the help of the Edit Entities with Excel on Windows. The set-up with exporting and importing a .csv file is similar and ideal for Linux. Data can also be entered into Look-up Tables using The ACP Python Scripting User Interface.
There are three approaches to populating a Look-Up table. This can be done with: