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 # `LaRCSettings`

 Last update: 16.07.2025 

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#### *class* Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Results.CompositeFailureResults.LaRCSettings

Bases: [`object`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#object)

Defines the configuration for the LaRC failure criterion for reinforced materials

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## Overview

### Methods

NameDescription[`Reset`](#LaRCSettings.Reset)Resets the settings to their default values.### Properties

NameDescription[`EvaluateFiberCompressionFailure`](#LaRCSettings.EvaluateFiberCompressionFailure)Gets or sets whether fiber compression failure is evaluated. The corresponding failure label is ‘lfc4/6’.[`EvaluateFiberTensionFailure`](#LaRCSettings.EvaluateFiberTensionFailure)Gets or sets whether fiber tension failure is evaluated. The corresponding failure label is ‘ltf3’.[`EvaluateMatrixCompressionFailure`](#LaRCSettings.EvaluateMatrixCompressionFailure)Gets or sets whether matrix compression failure is evaluated. The corresponding failure label is ‘lmc2/5’.[`EvaluateMatrixTensionFailure`](#LaRCSettings.EvaluateMatrixTensionFailure)Gets or sets whether matrix tension failure is evaluated. The corresponding failure label is ‘lmt1’.[`FiberCompressionFailureWeightingFactor`](#LaRCSettings.FiberCompressionFailureWeightingFactor)Gets or sets the weighting factor for the fiber compression failure (lfc4/6) evaluation.[`FiberTensionFailureWeightingFactor`](#LaRCSettings.FiberTensionFailureWeightingFactor)Gets or sets the weighting factor for the fiber tension failure (ltf3) evaluation.[`Formulation`](#LaRCSettings.Formulation)Gets or sets whether the failure criterion is evaluated only in-plane (2D),[`MatrixCompressionFailureWeightingFactor`](#LaRCSettings.MatrixCompressionFailureWeightingFactor)Gets or sets the weighting factor for the matrix compression failure (lmc2/5) evaluation.[`MatrixTensionFailureWeightingFactor`](#LaRCSettings.MatrixTensionFailureWeightingFactor)Gets or sets the weighting factor for the matrix tension failure (lmt1) evaluation.<a id="property-detail"></a>

## Property detail

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### *property* LaRCSettings.EvaluateFiberCompressionFailure *: [bool](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Gets or sets whether fiber compression failure is evaluated. The corresponding failure label is ‘lfc4/6’.

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### *property* LaRCSettings.EvaluateFiberTensionFailure *: [bool](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Gets or sets whether fiber tension failure is evaluated. The corresponding failure label is ‘ltf3’.

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### *property* LaRCSettings.EvaluateMatrixCompressionFailure *: [bool](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Gets or sets whether matrix compression failure is evaluated. The corresponding failure label is ‘lmc2/5’.

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### *property* LaRCSettings.EvaluateMatrixTensionFailure *: [bool](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Gets or sets whether matrix tension failure is evaluated. The corresponding failure label is ‘lmt1’.

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### *property* LaRCSettings.FiberCompressionFailureWeightingFactor *: [float](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Gets or sets the weighting factor for the fiber compression failure (lfc4/6) evaluation.

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### *property* LaRCSettings.FiberTensionFailureWeightingFactor *: [float](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Gets or sets the weighting factor for the fiber tension failure (ltf3) evaluation.

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### *property* LaRCSettings.Formulation *: [Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.MechanicalEnums.CompositeFailure.LaRCFormulation](../../../../../Mechanical/DataModel/MechanicalEnums/CompositeFailure/LaRCFormulation.md#ansys.mechanical.stubs.v242.Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.MechanicalEnums.CompositeFailure.LaRCFormulation) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Gets or sets whether the failure criterion is evaluated only in-plane (2D), : or also in the out-of-plane direction (3D).

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### *property* LaRCSettings.MatrixCompressionFailureWeightingFactor *: [float](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Gets or sets the weighting factor for the matrix compression failure (lmc2/5) evaluation.

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### *property* LaRCSettings.MatrixTensionFailureWeightingFactor *: [float](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Gets or sets the weighting factor for the matrix tension failure (lmt1) evaluation.

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## Method detail

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### LaRCSettings.Reset()

Resets the settings to their default values.