Two common orientation methods are provided on the right side of the top-level
Composite Browser control. Each of these methods work in a
similar way to the selector tool available in most browsers. If either of the
orientation methods are active, orientation vectors will be plotted on elements of
the selected ply.Figure 1.
Ply 1 Direction – Displays ply 1 direction (fiber) orientations. If a drape
table is assigned to the selected ply, drape corrections are included as
part of the vector.
Material x, y, z Reference Orientation – Displays the x, y and z axes of the
material reference orientation. This is the direction which ply orientations
rotate from.
Figure 1.