User preferences
Your user preferences control how data is displayed and cached, and how MI Materials Gateway interacts with the CAD, CAE, or PLM host application.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Profile | Your profile filters the materials data that is available to you in Browse and Search. For more details, see Choose your profile. |
| Unit system | The unit system used to display data within MI Materials Gateway.
For more details, see Choose your unit system. Note: If
you can't connect to the Granta MI database, this setting will not
be available. |
| Language | The language used in the MI Materials Gateway interface. |
| Choose page to display when Gateway starts | The page that is selected by default in the top half of the Gateway window. |
| Display short names of assignments |
If a material, process, surface treatment, or color has a Short Name defined in the database, display this instead of the full name in the Assignments panel. Applies to MI Materials Gateways for Creo, NX, Teamcenter, Windchill, and HyperMesh. |
| Include all versions of a record in 'Where used' results |
This option is used to specify whether a 'Where Used' search will find all versions of the selected material, process, surface treatment, or color, or only the version currently displayed in MI Materials Gateway. For more details, see Finding where an assignment is used. Applies to MI Materials Gateways for Teamcenter and Windchill. |
| Show multiple instances as separate items |
When this option is selected, multiple instances of a component
in an assembly are shown as separate items in the BoM on the
Assignments panel.
Note: You cannot assign different data to
instances of the same component, regardless of whether this
option is selected. Applies to MI Materials Gateways for Creo, NX, and Teamcenter. |
| Show NX sheet bodies | When this option is selected, you can view sheet bodies on the
Assignments page and assign data to them. Applies to MI Materials
Gateways for NX and Teamcenter. Note: This
feature may not be available on your system. |
| Use default parameter values for material model import |
When this option is selected, any CAE material models that require values for parameters (such as Temperature for a temperature-dependent model) will automatically be imported or assigned using the default parameter values specified in the database, provided all of the required data is available. If any data is unavailable, you can review the missing data and specify alternative parameter values. Applies to MI Materials Gateways for Abaqus/CAE, ANSA, Ansys Electronics Desktop, Ansys Workbench, and HyperMesh. Note: This
feature may not be available on your system.
|
| Always on top | Always keep the MI Materials Gateway window on top of all other windows. |
| Hide secondary toolbars | Hide toolbars with additional options that are also available from the context menu (for example, the toolbar for the Records panel in Favorites). |
| Automatically check out parts before modification |
When this option is selected, you don't need to check out Windchill parts before making assignments. The part is checked out automatically when you make or edit an assignment in MI Materials Gateway. Applies to MI Materials Gateway for Windchill. |
| Automatically check in parts after modification |
When this option is selected, you don't need to check in Windchill parts after making assignments. The part is automatically checked in after any assignment or modification in MI Materials Gateway. Applies to MI Materials Gateway for Windchill. |