Composites: Draping Simulation | Creo 10

With Creo 10.0.1 introducing composite material design to Creo, you can now use the new Draping Simulation command to analyze the ply producibility and to create the ply flat patterns. Based on the selected seed point, it calculates the fiber distortion while simulating the application of the flat ply onto the mold. By default, the Drape over underlying plies option is selected, and draping is calculated by considering the context of each ply, making the results more accurate and realistic.
While the seed point can be any location on the ply surface area, you can also lock it to an existing datum point. You can make additional refinements by using the property parameters for the step length, drape angle offset, and simplification angle.
There are different result types: Shear, Longitudinal Orientation, Traverse Orientation, and Draped Ply Thickness. The Shear results are automatically scaled to the warn angle and limit angle values of the material.
Outside the feature dashboard, in the Draping Manager mode of the Laminate Tree, the drape simulation results are shown in a traffic light format. For each ply, the Drape Status result icon indicates whether the level of shear is under the warn angle (with a green icon), over the warn angle but below the limit angle (with a yellow icon), or over the limit angle (with a red icon).
You can preview the draping simulation results and a flat pattern from within the feature dashboard or directly from the Draping Manager mode of the Laminate Tree by selecting the Show Draping Results command on the mini toolbar. The ply flat patterns can be exported to the DXF format. Longitudinal and transverse fiber orientations, due to draping, can be exported to the HDF5 format for use in downstream analysis.
Draping Simulation gives you an insight into the fiber distortion during draping. This enables you to optimize the selected seed point location and the draping direction to get the best possible result, and also enables the creation of the required flat ply contour.

00:00 Performing a Draping Simulation (with multiple sets)
02:00 Viewing and Configuring Drape Status / Draping Manager
03:03 Redefining the Draping Simulation
03:26 About the Seed Point
04:26 Results Summary
04:45 Drape over underlying plies
06:55 Filtering options
09:30 Additional Properties controls
10:16 Export Draping Summary
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