insert new materials in table materials

[alequatt]

Good morning, I wanted to know if 2020 there are "expansions" for the material table. at the moment is present only the word "structural steels" but if you want to add other steels for example from cementing etc... Do there exist packages to install or do you need a manual job?

 

[Be_on_edge]

Hi.

the material library can be exported\imported by excel sheet.
there are several websites in which to look for materials and export them to table format and then to be imported.

 

[alequatt]

Hello, thanks for the answer. I did not understand whether from these sites you can directly download the excell file to import into solid edge or I have to compile it with the data I find in these sites. Could you link me to one of these sites? because I searched but found nothing. Thank you.

 

[Be_on_edge]

In the past I used:

Online Materials Information Resource - MatWeb

Material property database with data sheets of thermoplastic and thermoset polymers such as nylon, polycarbonate, polyethylene; metal alloys, aluminum, steel, titanium, nickel, cobalt, and zinc alloys; ceramics, lubricants. Free search tools include mechanical property searches. Comparison and...

www.matweb.com

you have to format to the table based on how solid edge law, at most it is question of reordering columns in excel

if the materials are not so many do before inserting them manually

Hi.

 

[alequatt]

Thank you.

 

[>Iceman<]

Good morning to all,
a question: Does the material have a fixed id or is stored in the file? I'll explain, if I had material 12 corresponding to aisi304.
the new material file has, in place 12, aluminum.
at the opening of the file itself, do all the materials over me?
Thank you in advance.

 

[Be_on_edge]

Good morning to all,
a question: Does the material have a fixed id or is stored in the file? I'll explain, if I had material 12 corresponding to aisi304.
the new material file has, in place 12, aluminum.
at the opening of the file itself, do all the materials over me?
Thank you in advance.

what counts is the name

Hi.

 

[Be_on_edge]

in any way the material is stored in the part, so opening the file even by those who have other material tables remains the material originally applied.