Select the Geometry object in the tree and insert a Layered Section object from the Geometry Context tab or choose (right-click and choose from context menu).
Select the Scoping Method that you will use:
Geometry Selection: Click in the Geometry field that appears, to enable you to pick surface bodies or individual faces from the model and select .
Named Selection: Click on the Named Selection drop down that appears and select one of the available named selections.
Choose a Coordinate System. You may choose any user-defined Cartesian or Cylindrical coordinate system. The Body Coordinate System option specifies that the coordinate system selected for each body will be used. There is no default.
Set the desired Offset Type. Offset Type is not supported in Explicit Dynamics analyses.
Click on the arrow to the right of Worksheet in the Layers field then select to enter the layer information for this Layered Section. The Layered Section worksheet can also be activated by the Worksheet option.
The worksheet displays a header row, and two inactive rows labeled +Z and -Z to indicate the order in which the materials are layered. Layer one will always be the layer at the bottom of the stack (closest to -Z). When you insert a layer, all of the layers above it will renumber.
To add the first layer, right-click anywhere in the Layered Section Worksheet and select . Once the layer is added:
Click in the Material column of the row and select the material for that layer from the drop-down list.
Click in the Thickness column and define the thickness of that layer. Individual layers may have zero thickness, but the total layered-section thickness must be nonzero.
Click in the Angle column and define the angle of the material properties. The angle is measured in the element X-Y plane with respect to the element X axis. This value can be entered as degrees or radians, depending on how units are specified.
To add another layer, do one of the following:
With no layers selected, you can right-click the header row, +Z row, or -Z row to display a context menu. Select Add Layer to Top to add a layer row at the top (+Z) of the worksheet. Select Add Layer to Bottom to add a layer row to the bottom of the worksheet (-Z).
With one or more layers selected, you can right-click any selected layer to display a context menu. Select Insert Layer Above (which inserts a layer row above the selected row in the +Z direction) or Insert Layer Below (which inserts a layer row below the selected row in the -Z direction).
To delete a layer, select one or more rows, right-click any selected row, and select .
Select the Nonlinear Effects and Thermal Strain Effects settings in the Material category of the Details view. The reference temperature specified for the body on which a layered section is defined is used as the reference temperature for the layers.
Nonlinear Effects and Thermal Strain Effects are not supported in Explicit Dynamics analyses.