After creating the layered material definition, the next step is to attach the layer definition to the physical geometrical surfaces. The most fundamental way of doing that is through a Layered Material Link node, which you add under the Materials node within a component.

In that node, you select the boundaries where you want to attach the layer definition. The position of the geometric boundaries with respect to laminate definition is also defined. You can attach the boundary to the laminate midplane, downside, upside, or at a user-defined location as shown in Figure 3-9.