Editing Materials Libraries

A material is a set of information that defines the physical properties of a substance used as the physical foundation of a component model such as a diode. Material definitions are stored in library files with an extension of .amat

To open the dialog box for a materials library, select Tools > Edit Libraries > Materials. The Edit Libraries dialog box opens on the Materials tab.
Select the material you want to manage in the Libraries list. Select the Show Project definitions check box to include material objects stored with the project.
Use the Search Parameters panel to search for the material by Name or by Property. When searching by property, enter the property’s value in the search box.
The Material Filters tab provides controls for filtering the materials list.
Use the buttons described below to manage selected library objects:
- View/Edit Materials – Edit properties or attributes for a selected material in the Material Editor. The resulting material may have the same name as the original, but it is saved to the current project, rather than back to the library. In effect, you have “checked out” the part to the project in order to edit it. If you want to write it back to the library, overwriting the original part, click Export to Library.
Use the Show Project Definitions check box to include current project elements in the Edit Libraries dialog box.
- Add Material – Create a new material which is saved to the current project.
- Clone Material(s) – Create a copy of selected materials with a different name.
  The View/Edit Material dialog box opens. Use this dialog box to edit the cloned material’s properties. The cloned material is saved to the current project.
- Remove Material(s) – Remove selected materials from the library.
- Export to Library – Export a selected material object to a different library, or to export edited objects from the project to the library if necessary.
When finished, click OK to save your changes and close the Edit Libraries dialog box.