), you can compose a new layered material by stacking other layered materials on top of each other. There are three main reasons why you may want to do this:), you can compose a new layered material by stacking other layered materials on top of each other. There are three main reasons why you may want to do this:|
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The layup is repetitive, say with the same four layers repeated five times. Rather than defining twenty layers in a Layered Material node, you define four, and then add this definition five times in a Layered Material Stack.
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There are layer drop-offs, that is some layers are not present everywhere in the structure. Then, it is efficient to create only subsets of the laminate in Layered Material nodes, and use a number of Layered Material Stack nodes to combine them into different configurations.
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Two Layered Material Stack nodes can have parts of their definitions linked to the same Layered Material node. When a transition through a continuity feature is used, the corresponding layers in two laminates defined as stacks can be connected automatically.
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) button, you get a preview plot of the stacked layered material, including the location of the reference surface. In Figure 9-13, a laminate composed of three stacked layered materials, each consisting of three layers is shown. Note that there is a slight indentation, used for emphasizing the transition from one part of the stack to the next.
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You cannot use an ordinary Material or Material Link with the same selection as the Layered Material Stack. These nodes override each other.
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) to add a global material from the material libraries or a new blank global material. The added material then becomes the one selected in the Material list.
) button, you can jump to the settings for the selected material.