Granta EduPack tools and features

The main tools in Granta EduPack and Granta EduPack Introductory are:

Select:

The central hub of Granta EduPack, used to apply the systematic material selection methodology. A powerful selection engine that identifies records that meet an array of design criteria and enables trade-offs between competing objectives.

Chart:

Create charts and add formatting and labels to illustrate your point.

Eco Audit:

Quickly estimate the energy usage and climate change (CO₂-eq) of a product over its entire lifecycle, and study What If design scenarios.

The following tools and features are enabled in all advanced Level 3 databases included in Granta EduPack (for example, Level 3 Aerospace and Level 3 Eco Design, but not Level 3):

Enhanced Eco Audit:

The enhanced version of the tool also accounts for Secondary, Joining, and Finishing processes, and includes a cost analysis.

Synthesizer:

Estimate performance of materials by modeling new hybrid materials, battery packs, or the part cost of a design; and compare these results with existing records.

Engineering Solver:

Quickly calculate the required strength, stiffness or Shape Factor for a given design, and include them in a Limit Stage.

Find Similar:

Select materials based on how similar their properties are to a Reference record.

Comparison Tables:

Compare up to 20 records side-by-side, and highlight the differences in their material properties from a Reference record.

Selection Reports:

Easily record and summarise your complex selection project with an automatically generated report.

The exercises for these advanced features are designed so that Introductory users can simply skip them. You will also be prompted to change databases to one that supports the feature.