Exercise 10: Combining filtering and charting tools

You can identify materials which meet mutlitple selection criteria by combining selection stages.

  1. Choose the data table
    1. Select from: MaterialUniverse: All materials.
  2. Select materials with specific physical, mechanical, and thermal properties.
    1. Create a Limit Stage with the following criteria:
      Density
      < 2000 kg/m^3
      Yield strength (elastic limit)
      > 60 MPa
      Thermal conductivity
      < 10 W/m.°C
  3. Filter the results to find those that can be Thermoformed
    1. Create a Tree Stage and Insert ProcessUniverse > Shaping > Molding > Thermoplastic molding > Thermoforming.
  4. Rank the results by Price and find the three cheapest materials
    1. Create a Chart Stage with a bar chart of Price on the Y-Axis. On the chart, all materials that fail one or more stages are grayed out. The Results panel lists the materials that pass all stages by default.
    2. In the Rank by menu, select Stage 3: Price.