Details for various solvers.
Entities created in the Composite Browser are assigned the most
common solver card for a typical ply-based model. Properties and Shapes are filtered
based on solver card to only display appropriate cards for a ply-based model.
Additionally, in the OptiStruct profile, the appropriate
card is set for laminate and ply entities upon creation.
OptiStruct
| Entity |
Displayed Cards |
| Property |
PCOMPP |
| Set |
SET_ELEM, None |
Radioss
| Entity |
Displayed Cards |
| Property |
PCOMPP |
| Set |
SET_ELEM, None |
Abaqus
| Entity |
Displayed Cards |
| Property |
*SHELL_SECTION_COMPOSITE, with “Defined layers”
unchecked |
| Set |
ELSET, None |
ANSYS
| Entity |
Displayed Cards |
| Property |
SECTYPE, with TYPE=SHELL, PLIES=0 |
| Set |
SET_ELEM, None |
LS-DYNA
| Entity |
Displayed Cards |
| Property |
SectShll |
| Set |
Shell, None |
Nastran
| Entity |
Displayed Cards |
| Property |
PCOMPP |
| Set |
SET, None |