• 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. Materials data
  • 3.1. Types of data
    • 3.1.1. Core Materials
    • 3.1.2. Advanced Materials - Polymers
    • 3.1.3. Advanced Materials - Metals
    • 3.1.4. Advanced Materials - Electromagnetics
    • 3.1.5. Advanced Materials - Composites
    • 3.1.6. Advanced Materials - Aerospace
    • 3.1.7. Advanced Materials - Additive Manufacturing
    • 3.1.8. Advanced Materials - Eco Design
    • 3.1.9. Advanced Materials - High Temperature Alloys
    • 3.1.10. Advanced Materials - ESDU MMDH
  • 3.2. Databases, tables, and subsets
  • 3.3. Records and datasheets
    • 3.3.1. Estimated and Not-Applicable Attributes
    • 3.3.2. ProcessUniverse
  • 3.4. Checking out data bundles
    • 3.4.1. Borrowing a license to work offline
  • 3.5. Functional data
  • 3.6. Updates to material and process data
    • 3.6.1. Updating projects containing user-defined records
    • 3.6.2. Updating Eco Audit BoMs
• 4. Browsing
• 5. Searching
  • 5.1. Using search operators
• 6. Chart and selection stages
  • 6.1. Selection Projects
    • 6.1.1. Creating a selection project
      • 6.1.1.1. Creating a custom subset
      • 6.1.1.2. Using specific properties in a project
      • 6.1.1.3. Viewing and editing project settings
  • 6.2. Selection Stages
    • 6.2.1. Chart Stages
      • 6.2.1.1. Creating a chart stage
        • 6.2.1.1.1. Adding an Attribute expression
      • 6.2.1.2. Analyzing results in chart stage
        • 6.2.1.2.1. Plotting grouped records on a chart axis
      • 6.2.1.3. Annotating a chart
        • 6.2.1.3.1. Adding labels to a chart
        • 6.2.1.3.2. Family envelopes
        • 6.2.1.3.3. Adding a curve
        • 6.2.1.3.4. Adding an arrow
      • 6.2.1.4. Adding index lines and box selections
        • 6.2.1.4.1. Plotting a performance index on a chart
        • 6.2.1.4.2. Adding an index line to a chart
          • 6.2.1.4.2.1. Editing criteria for selecting materials with index lines
        • 6.2.1.4.3. Making a box selection
          • 6.2.1.4.3.1. Changing the selection criteria for the box selection
          • 6.2.1.4.3.2. Selecting cells on a Count chart
        • 6.2.1.4.4. Deciding between plotting an index line or a combined property
      • 6.2.1.5. Using Performance Indices
        • 6.2.1.5.1. Fixed geometry designs
      • 6.2.1.6. Creating advanced charts
        • 6.2.1.6.1. Trade-off curves
          • 6.2.1.6.1.1. Creating trade-off curves
          • 6.2.1.6.1.2. Material selection: graphical method
          • 6.2.1.6.1.3. Material selection: penalty functions
            • 6.2.1.6.1.3.1. Plotting a penalty function as a line
            • 6.2.1.6.1.3.2. Plotting a penalty function using a combined property
            • 6.2.1.6.1.3.3. Evaluating exchange constants
        • 6.2.1.6.2. Coupling lines
          • 6.2.1.6.2.1. Creating a coupling line chart
        • 6.2.1.6.3. Charts of multiple index lines
          • 6.2.1.6.3.1. Calculating slope of line from performance index
          • 6.2.1.6.3.2. Creating charts of multiple index lines
    • 6.2.2. Limit Stage
    • 6.2.3. Tree Stage
  • 6.3. Results list
    • 6.3.1. Viewing and ranking results from selection stages
    • 6.3.2. Viewing pass/fail information for each record
    • 6.3.3. Changing color of record
  • 6.4. Comparison Tables
    • 6.4.1. Creating a comparison table
    • 6.4.2. Viewing an existing comparison table
    • 6.4.3. Adding a record to a comparison table
    • 6.4.4. Removing a record from a comparison table
    • 6.4.5. Clearing a comparison table
    • 6.4.6. Formatting data display in a comparison table
    • 6.4.7. Viewing the datasheet for a record in a comparison table
    • 6.4.8. Viewing linked records for a record in a comparison table
    • 6.4.9. Comparison table example
  • 6.5. Selection Reports
    • 6.5.1. Generating the selection report
    • 6.5.2. Exporting and printing the selection report
  • 6.6. Favorites
    • 6.6.1. Adding a record to favorites
    • 6.6.2. Removing record from favorites
    • 6.6.3. Highlighting favorites on a chart
    • 6.6.4. Importing and exporting a favorites list
  • 6.7. Reference Record
    • 6.7.1. Setting a reference record
    • 6.7.2. Clearing the reference record
    • 6.7.3. Viewing the datasheet for the reference record
    • 6.7.4. Highlighting reference record on a chart
• 7. Tools
  • 7.1. Engineering Solver
    • 7.1.1. Using Engineering Solver
    • 7.1.2. List of loading geometries
  • 7.2. Eco Audit
    • 7.2.1. Creating an Eco Audit project
    • 7.2.2. Generating an Eco Audit Report
    • 7.2.3. Comparing Eco Audit projects
    • 7.2.4. Defining a material record for an Eco Audit project
    • 7.2.5. Defining a custom process for an Eco Audit project
    • 7.2.6. Defining a custom Joining and finishing process for an Eco Audit project
  • 7.3. Synthesizer
    • 7.3.1. Using the Synthesizer Tool
    • 7.3.2. Using Synthesizer models
      • 7.3.2.1. Cellular Structures model
        • 7.3.2.1.1. Using Cellular Structures model
      • 7.3.2.2. Composites (Simple Bounds) model
        • 7.3.2.2.1. Using Composites (Simple Bounds) model
      • 7.3.2.3. Controlled Thermal Expansion model
        • 7.3.2.3.1. Using Controlled Thermal Expansion model
      • 7.3.2.4. Multi-layer Materials model
        • 7.3.2.4.1. Using Multi-layer Materials model
      • 7.3.2.5. Sandwich Panel model
        • 7.3.2.5.1. Using Sandwich Panel model
      • 7.3.2.6. Part Cost Estimator
        • 7.3.2.6.1. Using Part Cost Estimator
      • 7.3.2.7. Battery Designer
        • 7.3.2.7.1. Using Battery Designer
    • 7.3.3. Viewing synthesized records on a chart
    • 7.3.4. Highlighting synthesized records on a chart
    • 7.3.5. Editing a synthesized record
    • 7.3.6. Deleting a synthesized record
    • 7.3.7. Synthesizer Tool further reading
  • 7.4. Adding user-defined records
    • 7.4.1. Adding a user-defined record
    • 7.4.2. Duplicating a record
    • 7.4.3. Adding a user-defined record to current data table
    • 7.4.4. Editing a user-defined record
    • 7.4.5. Highlighting user defined records on a chart
    • 7.4.6. Deleting a user-defined record
    • 7.4.7. Using user defined records with Find Similar
  • 7.5. Find Similar Records
    • 7.5.1. Finding similar records
    • 7.5.2. Comparing similar records
    • 7.5.3. Applying selection criteria to similar records
    • 7.5.4. Nearness settings
  • 7.6. Export to CAD/CAE
    • 7.6.1. Exporting data from a record
    • 7.6.2. Exporting functional data from a record
    • 7.6.3. Ansys Discovery
    • 7.6.4. Ansys Electronics Desktop
    • 7.6.5. Ansys Fluent
    • 7.6.6. Ansys Granta MI Pro
    • 7.6.7. Ansys LS-DYNA
    • 7.6.8. Ansys Mechanical APDL (Ansys Classic)
    • 7.6.9. Ansys Motor-CAD
    • 7.6.10. Ansys Sherlock
    • 7.6.11. Ansys Workbench
    • 7.6.12. ABAQUS
    • 7.6.13. Altair Inspire
    • 7.6.14. Creo Parametric (Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire)
    • 7.6.15. MatML
    • 7.6.16. Nastran
    • 7.6.17. SolidWorks
    • 7.6.18. Exporter settings
• 8. Settings
  • 8.1. Datasheet settings
    • 8.1.1. Opening multiple datasheets at a time
    • 8.1.2. Showing or hiding attributes with no data
    • 8.1.3. Showing one number for zero-width ranges
    • 8.1.4. Editing the fonts used in datasheets
  • 8.2. Chart settings
    • 8.2.1. Editing the fonts used on chart axes
    • 8.2.2. Setting the line weight on a bar chart
    • 8.2.3. Setting the minimum size of a bubble on a chart
    • 8.2.4. Showing smoothed ellipses on a chart
    • 8.2.5. Displaying generic record labels in bold
    • 8.2.6. Show option to 'Remove record from subset'
  • 8.3. Unit settings
    • 8.3.1. Setting your preferred unit system
    • 8.3.2. Setting your preferred currency
    • 8.3.3. Displaying temperature in absolute or relative units
  • 8.4. Number settings
    • 8.4.1. Setting the display notation for numerical data
    • 8.4.2. Setting the number of significant figures for numerical data
    • 8.4.3. Displaying data ranges as average values
  • 8.5. Label Settings
  • 8.6. Selection Settings
  • 8.7. Language Settings
  • 8.8. Privacy Settings
  • 8.9. Default application settings
• 9. Contact us