SOLIDWORKS partnered with the world’s largest plastics material suppliers
to provide access to the most up-to-date and accurate plastics material
databases.
To access the plastics material databases in 3D
ContentCentral:
- Go to http://www.3dcontentcentral.com/.
- Click .
The complete catalog of plastics materials appears with information about the
material supplier, material family, tradename, grade, and a short description (if
available).
To download an individual material grade, click Download Plastics Material Data. Unzip the compressed binary file
.bin to a local folder.
To add a material file from 3D ContentCentral to the
SOLIDWORKS Plastics User-defined database:
- In the PlasticsManager, under Material, right-click Polymer and click Open
Database.
- In the dialog box, click User-defined Database.
- Click .
- Browse to the location of the unzipped material data file and
select it.
The new material is added under the
Plastics
Database
When new material grades become available, the material suppliers upload the
data in 3D ContentCentral. New materials uploaded to 3D ContentCentral by material
suppliers are included in subsequent service packs or future major releases of
SOLIDWORKS Plastics.