Adding user-defined records

In addition to using Ansys-provided reference data, you can also add in your own data by creating a user-defined record within a selection project.

You can create new records in a selection project, and specify the data values for each property. The performance of these records can then be compared with records currently in the Granta Selector database.

User-defined records could be new materials developed in-house, or a novel processing method. You can create a new record with similar property values to another record by duplicating an existing record from the database.

In a selection project, user-defined records are treated differently to standard records. If a user-defined record has a data value missing for one of the properties included in a selection stage, then the user-defined record will automatically pass that stage.

The maximum number of user-defined records you can add to a selection project is 250.

User-defined records are saved within the selection project, and are displayed in the 'My records' folder on the browse tree. They are not added to the database. They can only be compared with records in the same data table that the record has been added to.

A user-defined record can be added with property values that specify the criteria for an ideal material, for a given design specification. You can then use this record with Find Similar to find the material in the database that is most similar to the ideal material.

User-defined records can be used in the Eco Audit tool and the Synthesizer tool.