diegoz 1 Report post Posted May 25, 2016 Hi, I have been doing some size and composites optimizations and have been working with 2D elements. I want to export the geometry including the results of the thickness of my elements/plys to visualize in other prgramms (eg iges, step). Is this possible? if so how? thanks Diego Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted May 26, 2016 Hi Diegoz, There are few tools available in Aerospace profile. You can use them to export shape of your plies. But I doubt whether the same exports the thickness. My understanding is, size optimized results may have discrete thickness for individual plies, it is easy to assign in any other. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rahul R 316 Report post Posted May 26, 2016 Export the complete stacking data ( stacking sequence , ply info such as , thickness , theta , ply shape etc ) in a hdf5 file format , this is very similar to fibersim data. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diegoz 1 Report post Posted May 26, 2016 thank you for your reply, unfortunately this does not help me very much. Since I dont want to export the information of the thickness. What I want is to export some sort of file (best would be iges or step) with a 3D model of the visualization of the thickness of the plys. Like when you press the button for 3D visualization of 2D elements and you can see all plies and their thickness. Is there a way of converting this 3D visualization into a solid or stl file? thank you in advance Diegoz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted May 27, 2016 Hi Diegoz, There is an option in Aerospace profile where you can convert shell to solid. Check if that is any help for you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diegoz 1 Report post Posted May 30, 2016 Hi Prakash, I have only the student version, since I am using hyperworks 14 for my master thesis. I dont find the aerospace profile. Is it also in the student version? best regards, Diego Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Q.Nguyen-Dai 293 Report post Posted May 30, 2016 On 5/27/2016 at 6:31 AM, Prakash Pagadala said: Hi Diegoz, There is an option in Aerospace profile where you can convert shell to solid. Check if that is any help for you. Even you could convert from "shell" to "Solid", but that's FE entities. How you can export them into IGES/STEP asked by author of this thread? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diegoz 1 Report post Posted June 3, 2016 I know how to export solids into iges or step. But my problem is that my shells are not solids and I dont have the aerospace profile. How can I get the aerospace profile? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diegoz 1 Report post Posted June 13, 2016 anyone ?? I really need to convert shells to solid. How do I get this Aerospace profile?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rahul R 316 Report post Posted June 13, 2016 Set user profile to Engineering solutions.See attached screenshot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rahul R 316 Report post Posted June 13, 2016 Looks like this user profile is omitted from SE.If you can share file i could try same in full version. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites