Supported Solver Cards
Solver cards supported by the laminate entity.
The following table lists each solver card along with its supported laminate
entity.
| Solver Card | Laminate Entity |
|---|---|
| Abaqus | None. A template property (*SHELL SECTION COMPOSITE or *SHELL GENERAL SECTION) should be assigned to all elements in composite part. Upon laminate realization, the attributes of the template property are passed to all generated zone properties. The laminate name will populate the LAYUP attribute of each property. |
| ANSYS | None. A template property (SECTYPE SHELL) should be assigned to all elements in a composite part. Upon laminate realization, the attributes of the template property are passed to all generated zone properties. |
| LS-DYNA | None. A template property (*PART COMPOSITE on HyperMesh Component entity) should collect all elements in a composite part. Upon laminate realization, the attributes of the template property are passed to all generated zone properties. |
| Nastran | PCOMPP (Option to realize to PCOMPG or PCOMP). Upon laminate realization, the attributes of the template property are passed to all generated zone properties. |
| OptiStruct | PCOMPP |
| Radioss |
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