• i. Copyright and Trademark Information
• 1. Welcome to the Help for Granta Selector
• 2. Getting started
  • 2.1. Toolbar guide
  • 2.2. Keyboard shortcuts
  • 2.3. Getting Started with Granta Selector
    • 2.3.1. Browse, Search and Chart
      • 2.3.1.1. Introduction to the main tools in Granta Selector
      • 2.3.1.2. Exercise 1: Opening a database
      • 2.3.1.3. Exercise 2: Browse Materials
      • 2.3.1.4. Exercise 3: Browse Processes
      • 2.3.1.5. Exercise 4: Searching
      • 2.3.1.6. Exercise 5: Create a bar chart
      • 2.3.1.7. Exercise 6: Create a bubble chart
    • 2.3.2. Save and copy
      • 2.3.2.1. Exercise 1: Adding Comments and Saving a Project
      • 2.3.2.2. Exercise 2: Exporting Reports
      • 2.3.2.3. Exercise 3: Copying charts, data and results lists
    • 2.3.3. Functional data
      • 2.3.3.1. Exercise 1: Viewing Functional Data
      • 2.3.3.2. Exercise 2: Setting Parameters for Functional Data
    • 2.3.4. Compare and Find Similar
      • 2.3.4.1. Exercise 1: Comparison Tables
      • 2.3.4.2. Exercise 2: Find Similar and Nearness Settings
      • 2.3.4.3. Exercise 3: Search and Find Similar
      • 2.3.4.4. Exercise 4: Find Similar with Limits
      • 2.3.4.5. Exercise 5: Changing the Find Similar Nearness Settings
    • 2.3.5. Selection Stages and Engineering Solver
      • 2.3.5.1. Exercise 1: Selection using a Chart Stage
      • 2.3.5.2. Exercise 2: Selection using a Limit Stage
      • 2.3.5.3. Exercise 3: Calculate Limit values using the Engineering Solver
      • 2.3.5.4. Exercise 4: Selection using a Tree Stage
      • 2.3.5.5. Exercise 5: Selecting processes using Limit and Tree Stages
    • 2.3.6. Customize Charts and Data
      • 2.3.6.1. Exercise 1: Favorite records
      • 2.3.6.2. Exercise 2: Adding user-defined records
      • 2.3.6.3. Exercise 3: Selection with a Custom Subset
      • 2.3.6.4. Exercise 4: Record color in Browse tree and charts
    • 2.3.7. Select using advanced Chart Stage tools
      • 2.3.7.1. Exercise 1: Combining Filtering and Charting Tools
      • 2.3.7.2. Exercise 2: Plotting a combined property
      • 2.3.7.3. Exercise 3: Performance Index Finder
      • 2.3.7.4. Exercise 4: Selection with a Trade-off Plot
    • 2.3.8. Eco Audit tool
      • 2.3.8.1. Exercise 1: Product Definition
      • 2.3.8.2. Exercise 2: Compare Eco Audits
      • 2.3.8.3. Exercise 3: Saving and Exporting
    • 2.3.9. Synthesizer tool
      • 2.3.9.1. Exercise 1: Sandwich Panel Model
      • 2.3.9.2. Exercise 2: Comparing materials and process costs
      • 2.3.9.3. Exercise 3: Battery Designer
  • 2.4. Granta Selector Full Training Course
• 3. About data
  • 3.1. Architecture of Granta databases
    • 3.1.1. Records
    • 3.1.2. Estimated and Not-Applicable Attributes
    • 3.1.3. ProcessUniverse
      • 3.1.3.1. Process classes in the database
      • 3.1.3.2. List of process subsets
      • 3.1.3.3. ProcessUniverse Cautions
  • 3.2. Types of data
    • 3.2.1. Data available in Granta Selector
  • 3.3. Check out data bundles
    • 3.3.1. Checking out a license
    • 3.3.2. Borrowing a license to work offline
  • 3.4. Summary of data bundles
    • 3.4.1. Core Materials
    • 3.4.2. Advanced Materials - Polymers
    • 3.4.3. Advanced Materials - Metals
    • 3.4.4. Advanced Materials - Electromagnetics
    • 3.4.5. Advanced Materials - Composites
    • 3.4.6. Advanced Materials - Aerospace
    • 3.4.7. Advanced Materials - Additive Manufacturing
    • 3.4.8. Advanced Materials - Eco Design
    • 3.4.9. Advanced Materials - High Temperature Alloys
    • 3.4.10. Advanced Materials - ESDU MMDH
  • 3.5. Using data
    • 3.5.1. Choosing a data table and subset
    • 3.5.2. Creating a custom subset
    • 3.5.3. Removing records from the current subset
    • 3.5.4. Saving a custom template
    • 3.5.5. Using specific properties in a project
    • 3.5.6. Reference record
  • 3.6. Functional data
    • 3.6.1. Viewing functional data in chart form
    • 3.6.2. Showing or hiding functional data charts on a datasheet
    • 3.6.3. Editing the parameter values at which an attribute is evaluated
    • 3.6.4. Changing the x-axis parameter for a functional graph
    • 3.6.5. Editing fixed parameter values for a functional graph
    • 3.6.6. Changing between fixed and free parameters for grid data
    • 3.6.7. Showing or hiding series on a functional graph
    • 3.6.8. Exporting functional data to CAD/CAE
  • 3.7. Updates to material and process data
    • 3.7.1. Updating projects containing user-defined records
    • 3.7.2. Updating Eco Audit BoMs
• 4. Browse and Search
  • 4.1. Browsing the Database and Datasheets
    • 4.1.1. Selecting a database
    • 4.1.2. Browsing a database
    • 4.1.3. Changing the current database
    • 4.1.4. Viewing datasheets
    • 4.1.5. Viewing record links
    • 4.1.6. Copying and printing data
      • 4.1.6.1. Copying datasheets and lists
      • 4.1.6.2. Copying charts and plots
      • 4.1.6.3. Printing
  • 4.2. Searching for data
    • 4.2.1. Searching a database
    • 4.2.2. Using search operators
• 5. Chart and selection stages
  • 5.1. Managing Selection Projects
    • 5.1.1. Creating a selection project
      • 5.1.1.1. Selection Data
      • 5.1.1.2. Selection stages
      • 5.1.1.3. Results
      • 5.1.1.4. Report
    • 5.1.2. Opening, saving, or closing a selection project
    • 5.1.3. Viewing and editing project settings
  • 5.2. Selection Stages
    • 5.2.1. Creating a new selection stage
    • 5.2.2. Copying a stage
    • 5.2.3. Enabling or disabling a stage
    • 5.2.4. Moving a stage
    • 5.2.5. Deleting a stage
    • 5.2.6. Viewing and editing stage settings
      • 5.2.6.1. Opening the Stage Settings dialog
      • 5.2.6.2. Stage title and stage notes
      • 5.2.6.3. Pass criteria for the stage (Pass when)
      • 5.2.6.4. Display (Chart stages only)
  • 5.3. Chart/Index Stage
    • 5.3.1. About selection charts
    • 5.3.2. Creating a new chart
      • 5.3.2.1. Editing the chart axis settings
      • 5.3.2.2. Editing the chart axis parameters
      • 5.3.2.3. Plotting a performance index on the chart axis
    • 5.3.3. Attribute expression
    • 5.3.4. Plotting grouped records on a chart axis
    • 5.3.5. Editing a chart stage
      • 5.3.5.1. Adjusting chart zoom level
      • 5.3.5.2. Setting the axis settings of a chart
      • 5.3.5.3. Showing or hiding records that pass or fail selection stages
      • 5.3.5.4. Viewing nearby records on a chart
      • 5.3.5.5. Highlighting a record on the chart
      • 5.3.5.6. Bringing a record to front on a chart
      • 5.3.5.7. Viewing record datasheet from a chart
      • 5.3.5.8. Family envelopes
        • 5.3.5.8.1. Showing or hiding family envelopes
        • 5.3.5.8.2. Renaming an envelope
        • 5.3.5.8.3. Changing an envelope's display color
        • 5.3.5.8.4. Adding a custom envelope
        • 5.3.5.8.5. Adding records to a custom envelope
        • 5.3.5.8.6. Removing records from a custom envelope
        • 5.3.5.8.7. Deleting a custom envelope
    • 5.3.6. Adding labels to a chart
      • 5.3.6.1. Adding a text label to a chart
      • 5.3.6.2. Adding a data label to a chart
      • 5.3.6.3. Editing a label
      • 5.3.6.4. Deleting a label
      • 5.3.6.5. Displaying default record name
    • 5.3.7. Adding annotations to a chart
      • 5.3.7.1. Adding a curve
      • 5.3.7.2. Adding an arrow
      • 5.3.7.3. Editing an arrow
        • 5.3.7.3.1. Moving an arrow
        • 5.3.7.3.2. Editing arrow end styles
        • 5.3.7.3.3. Changing arrow appearance
        • 5.3.7.3.4. Adding new point to arrow
        • 5.3.7.3.5. Moving existing point on arrow
        • 5.3.7.3.6. Deleting a point from arrow
      • 5.3.7.4. Copying a chart annotation
      • 5.3.7.5. Deleting a chart annotation
    • 5.3.8. Adding index lines and box selections
      • 5.3.8.1. Plotting a performance index on a chart
      • 5.3.8.2. Adding an index line
        • 5.3.8.2.1. Moving an index line
        • 5.3.8.2.2. Editing the index gradient or objective
        • 5.3.8.2.3. Editing criteria for selecting materials with index lines
        • 5.3.8.2.4. Editing index line style, color, or width
      • 5.3.8.3. Making a box selection
        • 5.3.8.3.1. Moving a box selection
        • 5.3.8.3.2. Setting box for selection or display
        • 5.3.8.3.3. Changing the selection criteria for the box selection
        • 5.3.8.3.4. Changing the box line style, color, or width
      • 5.3.8.4. Using box selection on cells
      • 5.3.8.5. Deleting index lines and selection boxes
      • 5.3.8.6. Deciding between plotting an index line or a combined property
    • 5.3.9. Performance Index Finder
      • 5.3.9.1. What is a performance index?
      • 5.3.9.2. What is the Performance Index Finder?
      • 5.3.9.3. Using the Performance Index Finder
      • 5.3.9.4. Fixed geometry designs
      • 5.3.9.5. Viewing the expression for a performance index
    • 5.3.10. Creating advanced charts
      • 5.3.10.1. Trade-off curves
        • 5.3.10.1.1. Creating trade-off curves
        • 5.3.10.1.2. Material selection: graphical method
        • 5.3.10.1.3. Material selection: penalty functions
          • 5.3.10.1.3.1. Plotting a penalty function as a line
          • 5.3.10.1.3.2. Plotting a penalty function using a combined property
          • 5.3.10.1.3.3. Evaluating exchange constants
      • 5.3.10.2. Coupling lines
        • 5.3.10.2.1. Creating a coupling line chart
      • 5.3.10.3. Charts of multiple index lines
        • 5.3.10.3.1. Calculating slope of line from performance index
        • 5.3.10.3.2. Creating charts of multiple index lines
  • 5.4. Limit Stage
    • 5.4.1. Specifying selection criteria for a limit stage: Numeric attributes
    • 5.4.2. Specifying selection criteria for a limit stage: Discrete attributes
    • 5.4.3. Specifying selection criteria for a limit stage: Logical attributes
    • 5.4.4. Specifying selection criteria for a limit stage: Functional Series Data
    • 5.4.5. Using OR logic in a limit stage
  • 5.5. Tree Stage
    • 5.5.1. Filtering records based on tree hierarchy
    • 5.5.2. Filtering records based on links to other data tables
    • 5.5.3. Creating a new tree stage
    • 5.5.4. Editing a tree stage
  • 5.6. Results list
    • 5.6.1. Viewing and ranking results from selection stages
    • 5.6.2. Viewing pass/fail information for each record
    • 5.6.3. Changing color of record
  • 5.7. Comparison Tables
    • 5.7.1. Creating a comparison table
    • 5.7.2. Viewing an existing comparison table
    • 5.7.3. Adding a record to a comparison table
    • 5.7.4. Removing a record from a comparison table
    • 5.7.5. Clearing a comparison table
    • 5.7.6. Formatting data display in a comparison table
    • 5.7.7. Viewing the datasheet for a record in a comparison table
    • 5.7.8. Viewing linked records for a record in a comparison table
    • 5.7.9. Comparison table example
  • 5.8. Selection Reports
    • 5.8.1. Generating the selection report
    • 5.8.2. Exporting and printing the selection report
  • 5.9. Favorites
    • 5.9.1. Adding a record to favorites
    • 5.9.2. Removing record from favorites
    • 5.9.3. Highlighting favorites on a chart
    • 5.9.4. Importing and exporting a favorites list
  • 5.10. Reference Record
    • 5.10.1. Setting a reference record
    • 5.10.2. Clearing the reference record
    • 5.10.3. Viewing the datasheet for the reference record
    • 5.10.4. Highlighting reference record on a chart
• 6. Tools
  • 6.1. Engineering Solver
    • 6.1.1. Using Engineering Solver
    • 6.1.2. List of loading geometries
  • 6.2. Eco Audit
    • 6.2.1. Creating an Eco Audit project
    • 6.2.2. Generating an Eco Audit Report
    • 6.2.3. Comparing Eco Audit projects
    • 6.2.4. Defining a material record for an Eco Audit project
    • 6.2.5. Defining a custom process for an Eco Audit project
    • 6.2.6. Defining a custom Joining and finishing process for an Eco Audit project
  • 6.3. Synthesizer
    • 6.3.1. Using the Synthesizer Tool
    • 6.3.2. Using Synthesizer models
      • 6.3.2.1. Cellular Structures model
        • 6.3.2.1.1. Using Cellular Structures model
      • 6.3.2.2. Composites (Simple Bounds) model
        • 6.3.2.2.1. Using Composites (Simple Bounds) model
      • 6.3.2.3. Controlled Thermal Expansion model
        • 6.3.2.3.1. Using Controlled Thermal Expansion model
      • 6.3.2.4. Multi-layer Materials model
        • 6.3.2.4.1. Using Multi-layer Materials model
      • 6.3.2.5. Sandwich Panel model
        • 6.3.2.5.1. Using Sandwich Panel model
      • 6.3.2.6. Part Cost Estimator
        • 6.3.2.6.1. Using Part Cost Estimator
      • 6.3.2.7. Battery Designer
        • 6.3.2.7.1. Using Battery Designer
    • 6.3.3. Viewing synthesized records on a chart
    • 6.3.4. Highlighting synthesized records on a chart
    • 6.3.5. Editing a synthesized record
    • 6.3.6. Deleting a synthesized record
    • 6.3.7. Creating your own Synthesizer model
    • 6.3.8. Synthesizer Tool further reading
  • 6.4. Adding User Material Data
    • 6.4.1. Adding a user-defined record
    • 6.4.2. Duplicating a record
    • 6.4.3. Adding a user-defined record to current data table
    • 6.4.4. Editing a user-defined record
    • 6.4.5. Highlighting user defined records on a chart
    • 6.4.6. Deleting a user-defined record
    • 6.4.7. Using user defined records with Find Similar
  • 6.5. Find Similar Records
    • 6.5.1. Finding similar records
    • 6.5.2. Comparing similar records
    • 6.5.3. Applying selection criteria to similar records
    • 6.5.4. Nearness settings
  • 6.6. Export to CAD/CAE
    • 6.6.1. Exporting data from a record
    • 6.6.2. Exporting functional data from a record
    • 6.6.3. Ansys Discovery
    • 6.6.4. Ansys Electronics Desktop
    • 6.6.5. Ansys Fluent
    • 6.6.6. Ansys Granta MI Pro
    • 6.6.7. Ansys Mechanical APDL (Ansys Classic)
    • 6.6.8. Ansys Motor-CAD
    • 6.6.9. Ansys Sherlock
    • 6.6.10. Ansys Workbench
    • 6.6.11. ABAQUS
    • 6.6.12. Altair Inspire
    • 6.6.13. Creo Parametric (Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire)
    • 6.6.14. MatML
    • 6.6.15. Nastran
    • 6.6.16. SolidWorks
    • 6.6.17. Exporter settings
  • 6.7. Integration with Ansys Workbench
  • 6.8. Working with Ansys Discovery
• 7. Settings
  • 7.1. Datasheet settings
    • 7.1.1. Opening multiple datasheets at a time
    • 7.1.2. Showing or hiding attributes with no data
    • 7.1.3. Showing one number for zero-width ranges
    • 7.1.4. Editing the fonts used in datasheets
  • 7.2. Chart settings
    • 7.2.1. Editing the fonts used on chart axes
    • 7.2.2. Setting the line weight on a bar chart
    • 7.2.3. Setting the minimum size of a bubble on a chart
    • 7.2.4. Showing smoothed ellipses on a chart
    • 7.2.5. Displaying generic record labels in bold
    • 7.2.6. Show option to 'Remove record from subset'
  • 7.3. Unit settings
    • 7.3.1. Setting your preferred unit system
    • 7.3.2. Setting your preferred currency
    • 7.3.3. Displaying temperature in absolute or relative units
  • 7.4. Number settings
    • 7.4.1. Setting the display notation for numerical data
    • 7.4.2. Setting the number of significant figures for numerical data
    • 7.4.3. Displaying data ranges as average values
  • 7.5. Label Settings
  • 7.6. Selection Settings
  • 7.7. Privacy Settings
  • 7.8. Default application settings
• 8. Contact us