Working with Material Libraries

There are three different materials libraries in HFSS, Q3D, Icepak, and Mechanical: a system library, a user library, and a personal library.

The library files that ship with Electronics Desktop are stored under the syslib directory. These libraries are intended to be read-only and should not be modified. They are available for any material assignment in any project.

In addition to the system libraries, Electronics Desktop recognizes two user-configurable library structures, called the User Library and the Personal Library. These are used to add user (or company)-defined materials. Customarily, userlib is a network repository for proprietary or corporate definitions available to all seats in an enterprise, while personalLib contains project and design-specific libraries as needed by individual designs.

A root library directory is set up at installation. If none is specified, the default is the root Electronics Desktop directory.

Materials from all libraries are available for use in projects.