{"id":31611,"date":"2018-11-19T16:26:36","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T16:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/change-in-thickness-in-acppre\/"},"modified":"2018-11-19T16:26:36","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T16:26:36","slug":"change-in-thickness-in-acppre","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/change-in-thickness-in-acppre\/","title":{"rendered":"Change in thickness in ACP(pre)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am trying to create the following geometry of a D-Spar using layers of UD E-glass.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Front View of spar<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/7be663e2-2c67-4203-8edd-a98a000d1e91\/db0d6ff1-bc69-47bd-aea5-a99d010b6305_front.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"Front View, Looking down D-Spar\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Orthographic view of spar<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/7be663e2-2c67-4203-8edd-a98a000d1e91\/80dc5c5d-f45b-47e0-8a41-a99d010ca405_ortho.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"Orthographic view\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I am using the following outer shell model to stack the layers going towards the center.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/7be663e2-2c67-4203-8edd-a98a000d1e91\/efaa1196-e1fb-4eeb-9231-a99d010dc923_shell.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"Shell\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I am trying to guide myself with working through ACP for the first time and get stumped when I get to the change in thickness of the left, pointed side of the spar. The thickness of the stackup is 5mm up until that point. I am not sure how to model the thicker part. All I can assume is there is some layer staggering and tapering involved. If anyone could guide me to a tutorial on either of those, or explain it in the replies, it would be helpful. I have done google searches and haven&#8217;t found anything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-31611","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["3783"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":[null],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0","0","0","0","0"],"_btv_view_count":["258"],"_bbp_subscription":["237678"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["31611"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27789"],"_bbp_engagement":["897","159979"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["69765"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["69765"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2018-11-19 17:03:19"]},"test":"csup26"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/31611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/31611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}