View Module
The View module is the heart of Laminate Tools. It is necessary for the other modules to function and is used to:
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Read industry-standard *.Layup files.
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Read Nastran input deck *.nas or *.bdf or .fem files.
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Read Ansys coded database *.cdb files.
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Read FiberSIM *.fml Layer Data files.
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Read CAD stereolithography files (.stl)
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Display a hierarchical view of the model features, also instantly showing interrelations between tree nodes.
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Display the model mesh in a variety of visual modes and in multiple viewports, with support for transparency, clipping, picking, printing, etc.
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Display material properties, coverage and quantified usage.
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Display ply coverage, fibre directions, draping patterns, flat patterns, boundaries, materials, physical and draping properties, Layup plies derived from each.
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Display Offsets definitions.
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Display the Layup characteristics, as built from the Plies.
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Display individual finite element laminated property details.
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Display thickness distribution.
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View, plot and print detailed information, down to individual elements.
