Accessing Additional Granta MI Materials

Discovery allows you to access additional materials by connecting to a Granta MI materials database. Granta MI databases are licensed separately.

To connect and load materials from Granta MI:

Go to File menu > Settings > Physics.
1. Under Material Defaults, select Granta MI materials database.
  Additional settings appear under the Granta MI Materials section.
2. Under Granta MI Materials, specify the URL of your Granta MI application server.
  
  Note: Contact your Granta MI administrator to find out the address of your Granta MI application server. Your access will be validated based on your Windows credentials.
Choose the set of materials you want to load into Discovery by selecting the Database, Table, and Subset.
Granta MI groups similar kinds of data into different categories, known as a Table. Subset provides a more focused view or selection of the data within a Table.
Restart Discovery for the changes to take effect.
Select Materials in the ribbon of the Simulation tab to access the additional materials from the list.

Note: To see the materials loaded in from the Granta MI application server, disable Physics compatibility under the filter in the right side of the Material HUD.

Note: For information about Granta Materials Data for Simulation (MDS), which is a built-in database of 700+ predefined materials included with Discovery, see Granta Materials Data for Simulation Licensing.