Selection Rules enable you to select elements through geometrical operations. These selections can be combined with Oriented Selection Sets (see OSS Selection Rules) or Modeling Plies to define plies of arbitrary shape. The final extension of the ply is the combination of the Selection Rules and the selected Oriented Selection Sets. This feature can be used to define local reinforcements (patches) or staggering. You can select between different selection rule types which are explained in the sections below. It is also possible to combine different rules and to define Boolean operations between rules.
The .csv file interface of ACP offers the ability to create or modify selection rules externally, share them with other ACP users working on the same model, or even on a different project. Limitation: The Variable Cut-Off Selection Rule and Boolean Selection Rule are not supported by the CSV interface.