Importing a Laminate

This task shows you how to import the laminate for each created zone or zone to be created.

Available in Composites Engineering Design (CPE).
You first need to create an .xls file containing the information needed for each laminate.
In the following scenario, two zones are created, and their contours defined. You can use the Import_Laminate.xls file.
Open the ImportLaminate1.CATPart document.

  1. Double-click any of two zones in the specification tree (Z1 or Z2) to edit it.
    The Zone Definition dialog box is displayed.
    In the Laminate tab, you can see that no laminate is defined (neither Material nor Direction).

    In the specification tree, only the contour attribute is displayed.

  2. Click Cancel to close the dialog box.

  3. Click the Import Laminate icon .The Import Laminate Definition dialog box is displayed.

  4. Click the ...  button to define the path where the file is stored.
    The XLS File Select dialog box is displayed.

  5. Navigate to Samples directory and choose the Import_Laminate.xls file.

  6. Click Open to import the file.
If you do not define any path, the file will be sought in the document directory (here the Samples directory).
 

  1. Click OK to import the laminate.
    The laminate information contained in the Import_Laminate.xls file has been applied to each zone.

  2. Double-click any of the two zones in the specification tree (Z1 or Z2) to edit it.
    In the Laminate tab, you can see that the laminate corresponds to the one specified in the Import_Laminate.xls file.

    In the specification tree, the Laminate attributes are now displayed under the Laminate node.
Each further zone to be created will contain the same laminate information.
Had you defined a laminate in an existing zone, it is replaced by the one specified in the .xls file.