The Angle Plot is purely a ply-wise plot and shows the orientation angle of a selected ply. For example, an Angle Plot showing the shear angle of a draped ply is illustrated below.
Components
The component of the plot include:
Design Angle: The angle between the Reference Direction and the Fiber Direction. This is the angle between the element lay-up reference defined through the Oriented Selection Set and the user-set Ply Angle.
Draped Fiber Angle: The angle between the Reference Direction and the Draped Fiber Direction. This is the angle between the lay-up reference defined through the Oriented Selection Set and the effective fiber direction due to draping.
Draped Shear Angle: The local ply shear value due to draping.
Draped Transverse Fiber Angle: The angle between the Reference Direction and the Draped Transverse Direction. This is the angle between the lay-up reference defined through the Oriented Selection Set and the effective transverse fiber direction due to draping.