PRIMARY COURSE TOPICS

• Day 1

   

• Introduction to Fibersim
  • The purpose of this exercise is to understand the various options in the Fibersim User Interface to navigate, sort, and search for data. 
• Model Setup
  • This basic exercise shows students how to effectively set-up a CAD model for Fibersim use.
• Ply-Based Design Basics
  • The purpose of this exercise is to understand the basic workflow of designing a composite part with the Ply-Based Design approach. This chapter introduces the students to two design methods; the Design to Extended (Design to Manufacturing) method and the Design to Net method. The students will understand the differences between the two methods by comparing the results. The students will also be able to create self-intersecting plies (wrapped plies).
• Producibility:
  • The exercise will illustrate Fibersim’s ability to display material deformation and identify areas of manufacturing concern. Students will be introduced to the concepts of splicing and darting, to alleviate manufacturing concerns such as wrinkling, bridging.
• Project 1 Producibility:
  • This project tests the knowledge of students by asking them to use ply based design to complete a layup scenario and resolve any producibility issues using splicing and darting.

• Day 2 

• Rosettes:
  • The exercise will demonstrate the different methods Fibersim employs for mapping fiber direction to new locations on the tool surface. Students will be introduced to the concepts of the radial, translational, spine-based rosette mapping types, and the specific geometric shapes they are suited for.
• Utilities:
  • Students will be become familiar with the Fibersim utilities. The following utilities are covered in the exercise: Symmetric Laminate, Curve Creation Utility, Ply Drop-off Utility, and Fiber Path Curve Utility.
• Project 2 – Monolithic Panel:
  • This project tests the knowledge of students by asking them to use ply based design to complete a layup scenario based on the design requirements given to them.
• Core:
  • Students will create various types of cores within Fibersim Pro. The exercise will also demonstrate the Fibersim’s ability to support multiple tooling methodologies from OML and IML, to hybrid tooling types.
• Documentation:
  • In these exercises, students will be learn about Fibersim’s 2D, and 3D documentation capabilities, including ply books, and tables, and similar callouts in 3D.

• Day 3

• Introduction to Multi-Ply Design
  • The exercise will introduce the basics of the Overlay Zone design method on a simple composite part.
• Transition Manipulation
  • This exercise illustrates the different operations and options students have with zone transitions.
• Layer Definition
  • The purpose of this exercise is to demonstrate the three different ways to sequence layers; using Step Utility, using Composite Sequence Manager, and using Material Specifications.

• Surface Offset

  • Fibersim Pro lets the users generate various types of offset surfaces such as Parametric Surface Offset. In this chapter, students will explore all the options available to them.

• Manufacturing Features

  • Students will create a new product consisting of the layer-populated engineering model and the empty manufacturing model for concurrent work purposes. Students will create splice groups and dart groups to resolve producibility issues.

• Project 4 – C-Pillar

  • This project tests the knowledge of students by asking them to design a C Pillar by resolving producibility issues and following design guides given by CAE.

• Interfaces