### 6.5.13. ProductionPly

`class compolyx.production_ply.ProductionPly`(graph, obj, parent=None, element_vd=None)

Class to represent Production Ply

`analysis_plies`

  Analysis Plies of the Production Ply

`angle`

  Ply Angle of the Production Ply

`area`

  Area of the production ply

`const_thickness`

  True if this Production Ply has a constant thickness

`direction_arrows`(arrow_length=None, arrow_type='standard_arrow', offset_type='no_offset')

  Direction arrows of the ply

  Parameters

  - arrow_length : length of the arrow

  - arrow_type : 'standard_arrow' (default), 'no_arrow', 'half_arrow'

  - offset_type : 'no_offset' (default), 'bottom_offset', 'middle_offset', 'top_offset'

`draping_obj`

  Draping representation

`ply_material`

  Ply Material of the Production Ply

`price`

  Price of the production ply

`save_draping_input_data`(filename)

  Writes out Modeling Ply to Draping Interface File

  Parameters

  - filename : Path to the file to be written

`save_flat_wrap`(filename)

  Write the flatwrap to DXF, IGES or STEP file

  Parameters

  - filename : Path to the file to be writen

`thickness`

  Thickness of the Production Ply

`update`()

  Update the Production Ply

`weight`

  Weight of the production ply

`write_boundaries`(filename, format=None, offset_type='no_offset', with_direction_arrows=False, arrow_length=None, arrow_type='standard_arrow')

  Write boundaries in iges/step format

  Parameters

  - filename : output file

  - format : 'iges', 'step', None (automatic format recognition)

  - offset_type : 'no_offset' (default), 'bottom_offset', 'middle_offset', 'top_offset'

  - with_direction_arrows : the element directions should be written to

  - arrow_length : length of the direction arrows (default is average element edge size)

  - arrow_type : type to be used as arrows ('standard_arrow'(default), 'no_arrow', 'half_arrow')

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