View options appear at the top of the Composite Browser.
Laminate View
The laminate view displays entities used in a ply-based model build. This
includes:
Laminates
Plies
Shapes (sets)
Properties
Materials
System Collectors
Tables
Figure 1.
The laminate view should be used for ply-based model creation, editing and review.
Drag and drop functionality is also provided to stack plies in a laminate and to
stack sublaminates in an interface laminate:
Plies can be dragged between the Unstacked Plies folder and the laminate in
which they should be stacked.
Ply order within a laminate can be manipulated by dragging one of more plies
to a new location within the laminate.
Interface Laminates and sublaminates can be defined by dragging one or more
laminates into another laminate. The parent becomes an interface laminate
and the children become sublaminates. For more information on this modeling
technique, see Interface Laminates.
Material, Ply and Laminate level composite stress toolbox calculations,
accessed from the “Analyze” context menu option.
Zone View
The zone view displays all the zones of constant thickness in laminates which contain
only plies with a shape defined by an element set. Zones contain a subset of the
plies which make up a laminate. One zone is calculated for each unique subset of
plies. Zones are calculated automatically as a ply-based model is created and
edited. Current functionality includes:
Laminate level composite stress toolbox calculations (like ABD matrix
calculation), accessed from the “Analyze” context menu option.
Editing of orientation, thickness and material of plies passing through a
zone. Any changes will propagate to all zones which contain the edited
ply.
Figure 1. 
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