MI Materials Gateway for CAE users

Granta MI Materials Gateway is embedded within Abaqus/CAE®, Ansys Electronics Desktop®, Ansys Workbench®, or HyperMesh™ to give you access to Granta materials data. You can search for preferred materials, view favorites, and assign or import materials for use in CAE simulation.

Starting Gateway from Abaqus/CAE

To start Gateway from Abaqus/CAE, select Plug-ins from the menu bar, and then MI Materials Gateway > Launch MI Materials Gateway.

Starting Gateway from Ansys Electronics Desktop

With a project open in Ansys Electronics Desktop, do either of the following:

  • Select Tools from the menu bar, and then Toolkit > MI Materials Gateway.
  • View the Edit Libraries window (for example, in Project Manager, right-click Materials and select Edit Libraries), and then click MI Materials Gateway.

You can then import Granta MI materials to your currently active project.

Starting Gateway from Ansys Workbench

To start Gateway from Ansys Workbench, create a Granta MI component system, and then edit the MI Materials Gateway component to open MI Materials Gateway. You can then import materials to the Engineering Data component, where they can be shared with other systems on your workbench.

Starting Gateway from HyperMesh

To start Gateway from HyperMesh:

  • If you are using HyperMesh as a standalone application, view the MI Materials Gateway tab in the left-hand panel, and then click MI Materials Gateway.
  • If you are using HyperMesh within HyperWorks Desktop, select MI Materials Gateway > Launch MI Materials Gateway from the menu bar.

 You can then assign materials to components in your part geometry.