Overview
What is the Ply Builder?
The Composite Laminate Builder (Ply Builder) is a standalone tool for designing composite laminate layups ply-by-ply. It serves as the shared foundation for both the BJSFM and CLT analysis tools.
Build your laminate here once, then export it to any analysis tool. The Ply Builder handles material selection, temperature interpolation, allowable conversions, and real-time computation of the extensional stiffness matrix [A] from Classical Lamination Theory.
Ply-by-Ply Design
Build laminates from individual plies with full control over material properties, orientation, and allowable limits.
Material Presets
Built-in aerospace composite material databases with temperature-dependent property interpolation.
Export to Tools
Share laminate definitions between BJSFM and CLT via localStorage, JSON clipboard, or named saves.
How It Connects to BJSFM & CLT
The Ply Builder is designed as a shared laminate designer. Both BJSFM and CLT embed the same LaminateBuilder component and share the same Ply type definition.
You can also save named laminates that persist across sessions, making it easy to switch between different layup configurations.