DRAPE

Bulk Data Entry Defines the draping data for plies used in ply-based composite definition.

Format

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DRAPE ID                
  DTYPE1 DID1 T1 THETA1          
  DTYPE2 DID2 T2 THETA2          
  etc                

Definitions

Field Contents SI Unit Example
ID Unique draping identification number.

No default (Integer > 0)

 
DTYPE# Entity type.
ELEM
SET
ALL

No default

 
DID# Entity number. Must refer to an element (for ELEM) or SET (for SET) Bulk Data Entry. Must be blank for ALL.

No default (Integer > 0 or blank)

 
T# Thinning factor.

Default = 1.0 (Real or blank)

 
THETA# Angle variation.

Default = 0.0 (Real or blank)