Applying a Material

You can apply a material to a part, one or more bodies of a multibody part, or one or more part components in an assembly.

To apply a material:

  1. Display the shortcut menu for materials:
    Part In a part document, right-click Material in the FeatureManager design tree.
    Multibody part In the FeatureManager design tree, in the Solid Bodies folder, right-click a body and click Material. To affect several bodies, select them before right-clicking.
    Assembly In the FeatureManager design tree, right-click the part component and select Material. To affect several components, select multiple components before right-clicking.
  2. Select a material:
    • Select from the favorites list.
    • Click Edit Material, select a material in the material tree, and click Apply, then Close.
When you apply material to a part or body in SOLIDWORKS, the same material assignment and tree order structure is replicated in the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.
  • Material applied at the part level is applied at the 3DPart level in the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.
  • Material applied at the body level is applied at the body level in the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.
  • Material applied at the part and body level is applied at the 3DPart and body level in the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. For multibody structure, if material is applied at part level and some bodies, the material definition was applied to the bodies that did not have material definition. But now the bodies that do not have any material definition, do not display any material definition.