Analysis Ply

Provides ply/layer data that has been made available from an external upstream system, such as Ansys Composite PrepPost.

Object Properties

The Details Pane for this object includes the following properties.

CategoryProperties/Options/Descriptions

Definition

Name in Source: The name of the ply as defined in the upstream ACP analysis.

Thickness: The thickness of the selected ply.

Angle: The design angle between the reference direction and the ply fiber direction.

Material: The specified material of the fabric.

Number of Elements: The number of elements contained within the ply.

Transfer Properties

Source: The source ACP system.

Tree Dependencies

  • Valid Parent Tree Object: Imported Plies.

  • Valid Child Tree Objects: Comment, Image, and Figure.

Insertion Methods

Automatically inserted when importing ply data from an external system.

Right-click Options

In addition to common right-click options, relevant right-click options for this object include:

API Reference

See the Analysis Ply section of the ACT API Reference Guide for specific scripting information.

Additional Related Information

See the following sections for additional information: