This panel lets you define the materials you want to use in your model.
- Material List
Lists the materials you have currently defined for your model. You can select materials in this list.
- New
Define a new material.
- Modify
Modify parameters for the selected material.
- Copy
Copy material component data from an existing material to either a new material or another existing material.
- Delete
Delete one or more materials from your model.
- Review
Review the parameters for the selected material in a browser window.
- Library
The default material library is standard.mlb. This contains all the material data provided by Ansys, Inc.
Click Library if you want to change the material library to one you have obtained or created.
Note: The user-defined library should always be named standard as the code defaults to this library name once you leave the Materials panel. Alternatively, you can name the library differently but will have to reload it every time you return to the Materials panel.
- Load
Load materials from your current material library.
- Save
Save the materials you have defined to a material library.
- Current material library
The current material library you have selected.
- Update Library
Update old material library files, so that they can be used with this version of Autodyn.