In an integrated Teamcenter/NX environment, you can use MI Materials Gateway to
assign materials to NX part models while working in Teamcenter. The material assignment
contains up-to-date values of material properties (such as density), and includes a
consistent, traceable link back to the source record in the Granta MI database.
When you make an assignment, it is automatically saved to your local copy of the NX
part model, but the change is not uploaded to Teamcenter immediately. You can choose
to save your changes to Teamcenter at any time.
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Right-click a Teamcenter item that represents an NX assembly or part model, and
select .
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Make sure that the bodies you want to assign to are selected in the assignments panel
(the lower half of the MI Materials Gateway window).
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In the upper half of the MI Materials Gateway window, find a material to assign.
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Double-click the material to assign it.
Tip: If alternate assignments are enabled, you
can right-click and select
Assign as new alternate to add it to
the material library instead. See
Assigning alternate materials.
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When you have finished making assignments, click Save
changes (in the title bar of the Assignments panel) to save your NX
part model to Teamcenter.
Note: This triggers a revision of the Part item.
Tip: If changes cannot be saved to Teamcenter (for example, because
the connection to the Teamcenter server has been lost), you can find a copy
of the NX part file with your current assignments in the local application
data on your Teamcenter client machine.
You can use the assignments panel to view and manage the Granta MI materials that are
currently assigned.
To remove a material that has been assigned, right-click and select . This deletes the material assignment from the body in the NX part
model, and also removes it from the Part object in Teamcenter.
