The content of the User Material Definition Methods file, MyCompany_DefinitionMethods.xml, is illustrated below. This file defines the category and property names that are displayed in the Engineering Data Toolbox.
As shown above, the <PropertyCategory> element defines the Engineering Data Toolbox category and the <Property> element defines a property contained in the category.
As illustrated, you can have more than one property. In addition, this is where you also create additional property categories. You can copy and paste these lines to help you create additional properties and property categories.
Note:
The string for the name attribute must be the same as that used in the MyCompany_UserMat_Properties.xml file for the name of the user-defined material model to be valid. An example of this entry is shown below.
The text "(UPF)" is appended to the string by Engineering Data to clearly distinguish user-defined material models from those provided by ANSYS.
Make sure that your tags are properly formatted with beginning ("<") and ending ("/>") characters.