Solidworks Material Properties
Solidworks Material Properties
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Hello,
What are the default SW properties for Materials in SW. Or where can you find a list?
Also, can you add a new property field for the materials. For example, a commment field specificying where you got the material properties, for reference. For example, you may get some properties from MatWeb and other properties may come from the part supplier.
Thanks,
-Robert
What are the default SW properties for Materials in SW. Or where can you find a list?
Also, can you add a new property field for the materials. For example, a commment field specificying where you got the material properties, for reference. For example, you may get some properties from MatWeb and other properties may come from the part supplier.
Thanks,
-Robert






RE: Solidworks Material Properties
Chris
SolidWorks 07 3.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 04-21-07)
RE: Solidworks Material Properties
Also, I sent an email to you yesterday. Did you get a chance to look at it?
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Colin Fitzpatrick
Mechanical Design Engineer
Solidworks 2007 SP 2.2
Dell 390 XP Pro SP 2
nVida Quadro FX 3450/4000
RE: Solidworks Material Properties
We have multiple people adding materials to a SW materials DB. Over time, it will be difficult to know the source fo the material properties. The properties could come from a variety of sources depending on the material(specific or general). After a material is entered, there may come a day when someone questions the value for a property. With no reference, there is no information to back up the claim that the property value is correct.
I heard that you could possible add a "Comment" field by editing SW material xml schema definition file(sldmaterials.xsd). Anyone have experience w/this?
Thanks,
-Robert
RE: Solidworks Material Properties
I have not forgot about it.
I responded to your email this morning.
Robert,
I have not looked into adding comments.
I had an experience mechainal engineer and 3 major aerospace firms check my database. IMO, when someone creates a material, anyone can say they got the info from a reliable source. My suggestion is to have a reliable engineer check the work.
Chris
SolidWorks 07 3.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 04-21-07)