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Materials
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A Material defines what a part is made of. It needs at least one thickness defined and can have as many unique thicknesses as needed.
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Materials Module
From the Material module you can create, copy, edit, and delete materials.
The Materials module can be accessed from the View tab and the Modules drop down.
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New Material | Create a new material starting from the empty template. |
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Copy Material | Create a new material by copying an existing one. |
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Open | Opens the detail view of the selected material. This is the equivalent of double-clicking a row in the list view. |
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Delete | Deletes the selected material. |
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Materials List View
Double-click to open the material you wish to view or edit.
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Material Detail View
Edit an existing material or enter the information to define a new one.
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Name | A meaningful name to uniquely identify this material. Example: 'Aluminum 3003-H14'. |
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Description | Optional additional information to describe this material. |
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Category | The material category from which this material is part of. |
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Density | Optional density of the material. If specified will serve to automatically calculate the weight of parts and sheets. |
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Reversible | A material is considered reversible if it is identical on both sides. If it is not reversible, at least one of Side A or Side B must be defined to distinguish one side from the other. |
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Side A | The unique characteristics defining this non-reversible material side. Side A is typically the 'This side up' to identify which side is facing up when placing the material on the machine. |
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Side B | The unique characteristics defining this non-reversible material side. |
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Nesting Parameters | The default nesting parameters to use with that material. This can be overridden per nesting job. |
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Constraints | The default part constraints that parts using that material should use. This can be overridden per part. |
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Thicknesses | The list of unique material thickness this material is available in. |
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Documentation | Use the document explorer to attach documentation related to that material. MSDS, data sheets, handling instructions, etc. |