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Custom Materials in 2004 - Has anyone done this?

Custom Materials in 2004 - Has anyone done this?

Custom Materials in 2004 - Has anyone done this?

(OP)
Hello all,
  I am tyring to setup a custom Material file for our company. I tried copying the Solidworks file, renamed it, and started to modify it. I added one material to it and the file is not work anymore. I get an error about column not correct. I have added all the materials thru the solidworks software.
  Any thoughts on how to fix it?
 
  IS there another way to create the need file and materials?


  Can you copy materials from the solidworks file to your own?

Thanks for the help.

Rob

RE: Custom Materials in 2004 - Has anyone done this?

Create the new Material database from within the Materials Editor

Check the Help > Index files for Materials Editor PropertyManager

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RE: Custom Materials in 2004 - Has anyone done this?

You have to create a new DB.

1) You Click Edit material
2) Pick a material (any)
3) Click "Create/Edit Material" button below the material list
4) A new menu pops up - Pick the drop down and select "<New Material Database>"
5) Give a name that you want your Database to be (not like a material name just a DB name e.g. - "Scott's DB of material"
6) Now give it a Material Classification - e.g. Steel
7) Then a material name - e.g. 1020 Steel
8) You can give it Visual properties
9) Then Physical properties
10) And Finally crosshatch info.
11) Click OK and your new DB comes up.

If you go to C:\Program Files\Solidworks\Lang\English\sldmaterials and open in notepad "Solidworks Materials.sldmat" - you can copy that data out and paste it into your the DB you just made. DO NOT EDIT THE ORIGINAL SW DB!! Once you change it or if you messed it up, then the only way to fix it is to reinstall SW. That's why you copy the data and paste into your new DB. Change it there.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP to me
http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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RE: Custom Materials in 2004 - Has anyone done this?

Scott, that would make a good FAQ

from (the City of) Barrie, Ontario.

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RE: Custom Materials in 2004 - Has anyone done this?

Scott, BTW ... Happy ... only 1 candle???

from (the City of) Barrie, Ontario.

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RE: Custom Materials in 2004 - Has anyone done this?

Thanks!

Don't want anymore than just the one Candle. I'm getting to that age, that if I used that many candles I would burn my house down.

,

Scott Baugh, CSWP to me
http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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RE: Custom Materials in 2004 - Has anyone done this?

(OP)
Thanks guys, the I have already tried those things. The problem I found with Cut and past is that the file has a lot of items in it and is had to find the start and stop of each material. I am useing NOTEPAD to do this.
  Is there a beter way to open the files and copy the info out and paste into my file?

RE: Custom Materials in 2004 - Has anyone done this?

No there isn't. If you don't want to do it this away, then you can change it within the menus inside of SW. That's what the "Create/Edit Material" button is for. You can do it all from one file.

With SP3.0 you now have the ability to change the Physical properties. The units will change according to the units you have picked under Tools\Options.

Inches - lb/in^2
Millimeters - lb/mm^2
etc...

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP to me
http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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RE: Custom Materials in 2004 - Has anyone done this?

Is there a way to change the unit of measure for heat? I have changed it for length, and weight. I am trying to input the Specific Heat for Be/Cu. All I can find on it is 418J/kg-degC. From what I can see... the material editor wants J/kg-degKelvin. is there a code to input degC?

Thank You,

Marshall

RE: Custom Materials in 2004 - Has anyone done this?

Marshell,
What version of SW are you on? And service packs? I believe there were modifications to the materials database in 3.1 and 4.0 in SW2004. You might need to upgrade your service packs

macduff

RE: Custom Materials in 2004 - Has anyone done this?

I am using SW 2004, SP 3.0.

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