To define an orthotropic material:
- Create a custom material beased on an existing material with similar properties to the orthotropic material you want to create.
- On the Properties tab of the Material dialog box, select Linear Elastic Orthotropic in Model Type.
- From the FeatureManager design tree, select the reference geometry to define the orthotropic material directions.
The selected reference geometry appears in the Reference geometry box.
- Enter the values of the material properties.
- Click Apply and Close.