The Through-Thickness Location section is available in the Settings windows for Line Average, Surface Average, Line Integration, Surface Integration, Line Maximum, Surface Maximum, Line Minimum, and Surface Minimum nodes under Derived Values, when a Layered Material dataset is selected. It is also available for Point Evaluation and Point Matrix Evaluation nodes when a Layered Material dataset is selected, but the Location input list is not available, and the local z-coordinate can only be a scalar.

From the Location input list, choose Take from dataset (the default) or Manual. For Manual, select a Location definition: Reference surface (the default), Physical, or Relative.

Once Reference surface is selected, the through-thickness location is taken from a layered material definition specified under Materials in a Layered Material Link or Layered Material Stack node, or in a Material node that represents a single-layer material.

Enter one or more values for a Local z-coordinate for the Physical option or Local z-coordinate [-1,1] for the Relative option. The bottom, middle, and top through-thickness location of a layered material, having a total thickness d, can be defined as follows:

Click the Range button () to define a range of local z-coordinates using the Range dialog box.