Layuptrace: Composite Lab

Lay out the schedule, then bag it. Layuptrace walks each composite part through five stages on one board: Plan, Layup, Bag, Cure and Inspect. Drag a card from column to column as the part moves across the shop, and open it to work the stage it is in. Plan the laminate in a ply table. Add rows, pick the orientation from 0, 45, −45 and 90 or dial in any angle, and choose the fabric: carbon UD 150, 3K twill 200, E-glass plain 200, biaxial ±45, S-glass, aramid, or your own areal weight. Type a stacking sequence such as [0/±45/90]s and the table fills itself. Set the resin content you expect from your process and read the results as you edit: cured thickness per ply and for the stack, fibre volume fraction, dry fibre mass, resin absorbed, cured part mass for the laminate area, and how much epoxy, vinyl ester or polyester to mix, split into part A and part B by the system's ratio. The stack…