Importing materials into Ansys Electronics Desktop

Use MI Materials Gateway to import materials from your Granta MI database to Ansys Electronics Desktop for use in simulation. You can import materials into the currently active Ansys Electronics Desktop project's local material library.

  1. Find materials to import. You can search for materials in your Granta MI database, or use a material from your favorites.
    You can also import materials data for CAD assignments that have been provided as a Bill of Materials (BoM) file. See Importing CAD assignments from a file.
  2. Select the materials that you want to import, then either double-click your selection, or right-click and select Import as new card.
  3. If there is data missing for any of the materials, you are prompted to review your import.
    1. To see details of the missing data, click the arrow at the left of the material name.
    2. If you prefer not to import a material that has missing data, use the check boxes on the far left to remove it from your selection.
  4. When you are happy with the list of materials for import, click Import.

The materials are imported to your project's local material library in Ansys Electronics Desktop.

Tip: You need to close MI Materials Gateway to view the imported materials in Ansys Electronics Desktop. If you don't see the imported materials that you expect, try refreshing the list of materials (for example, by closing and reopening the Edit Libraries window).
All the materials that have been imported are displayed in the Imported material cards panel.
  • To see more information about a material, right-click it and select View datasheet.
  • To delete an imported material, right-click it and select Delete. This deletes the material from your model.
If a material is marked as missing , this means that it is no longer available in your Granta MI database.  Where possible, its name is shown to help you find a suitable replacement.