Specifying the display of selected plies of a continuum shell composite layup

You can specify the display of selected plies of a continuum shell composite layup.

  1. From the Composite Layup editor, click the Display tab.

  2. Choose how Abaqus/CAE highlights the plies that you selected in the ply table:

    • Choose On to highlight the selected plies.

    • Choose Off to stop highlighting the selected plies. If you have a large number of plies in your model, you may want to turn off highlighting to increase performance.

  3. Choose which orientation Abaqus/CAE displays on the selected plies:

    • Choose Ply to display the ply orientation on the selected plies.

    • Choose Layup to display the layup orientation on the selected plies.

    • Choose None to stop displaying an orientation.

  4. Specify which orientation vectors you want to display on the selected plies. You can toggle the display of vectors in the 1-direction, the 2-direction, and the 3- (or normal) direction, as well as the reference direction that shows the 1-direction before rotation of the ply's material directions.