Assigning materials in HyperMesh

Use MI Materials Gateway to assign materials to components in your part geometry for use in simulation. To find materials to assign, you can search for materials in your Granta MI database, or use a material from your favorites.

Make sure that the component you want to assign the material to is selected in the assignments panel. You can select more than one component to assign to.
To assign a material, right-click and select Assign to selection.

Tip: Alternatively, double-click the material.
Optional: If there is more than one material model available, you will see a list of CAE material models for <name of material>. Double-click the model you want to use.
Optional: If you are assigning a parameter-dependent model, you may be prompted to specify parameters.
See Specifying parameter values for a material model.

The material data required for simulation is assigned to the component in HyperMesh.

The assignments panel shows all Granta MI materials that are currently assigned.

To see more information about an assignment, right-click and select View datasheet.
To remove an assignment, right-click and select Remove > Material. This deletes the material from the component in HyperMesh.

If a material assignment is shown with the icon and its name is in grayed-out text, this means that the part geometry contains a reference to the material in your Granta MI database, but the data is not currently in HyperMesh.