Add Properties to Material Table

[beachcomber]

Is it possible to add properties to a material table.
I'm not referring to adding another material, or editing existing values like density.
What I want is to add a new property such as "Notes" which could have some other usefull material data.

bc.
2.4GHz Core2 Quad, 4GB RAM,
Quadro FX4600.

 

[donyoung]

BC,

AFAIK that's not possible -- they never had thought of that. Each
property has an ID and these are fixed and you can't put in
a new one :-(

dy

 

[swertel]

dy is correct. It is not possible. The best you can do is to put in an enhancement request for the specific field(s) you want added.

The workaround is to add that as a custom property to the part file. Of course, it is part specific and not material specific.

--Scott

http://wertel.eng.pro

 

[donyoung]

[...]
request for the specific field(s) you want added.
[...]

the name and type should by *any* like we've with custom
properties. The needs for any additional properties that
should go along with a specific material may differ from
company to company.

dy

 

[beachcomber]

Thanks guys, we hadn't been able to see anywhere to add fields but it's always worth asking.
With so much confusion these days over material standards (particularly BS & EN steel grades) we thought it would be beneficial to add some notes on typical use, bend rads etc.

bc.
2.4GHz Core2 Quad, 4GB RAM,
Quadro FX4600.