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Material Database

Material Database

Material Database

(OP)
Is there a way to add different material properties to the material database within SW (i.e. shear strength)?  I have learned my way around the .sldmat file but cannot figure out what the 'Name' should be.  For example:

<ALPX displayname="Thermal Expansion Coefficient" value="0.000011"/>

What I wish to do is:

<???? displayname="Shear Strength" value="500.00"/>

where the ???? is the info I am lacking.  I saw on matweb.com that it is possible to add different material properties (click on the SW link on the opening page to see what I am talking about).  Any idea?

RE: Material Database

(OP)
Scott,

That is what I am trying to do.  The thing is, I get am error if I do something like this:

<SIGSHEAR displayname="Shear Strength" value="500"/>

It doesn't like the SIGSHEAR, so I was wondering if there was a reference to the designations that could be used in SW and/or if there was a universal term that could be used in its place.  I believe the purpose of the term is to interface with cosmos and other 3rd party software.  I just want to use this to store all of the material properties.

RE: Material Database

The material database as a special sintax for SW to recognize the properties. It is a text file that must be very well formated, otherwise SW will fail to understand what you are talking about.

So the Thermal Expansion Coefficient must be referenced as ALPX (that I suppose it means "alpha x", the common symbol used for this property) and must not be called anithyng else. You also can't define new properties that SW is not expecting or does not know how to use.

SIGSHEAR must not be used because nothing in SW code is prepered to know its meaning.

Note that these properties are actually used by SW in mass properties and COSMOS calculations.

Regards

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