To create a custom polymer material, you can copy a similar material
stored in the Default Database to the User-defined Database, and modify its
properties.
To create a custom polymer material:
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In the Plastics CommandManager, click .
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In the Polymer
database dialog box:
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Click Default
Database, and select a material from the plastics family
that the custom material belongs to. For example, to add a new ABS
material, select the first material under ABS (Generic material of
ABS).
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Click Copy
.
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Click User-defined
Database.
The software stores all custom-defined materials in
the User-defined
Database.
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Click Paste
.
A clone of the material appears under ABS.
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To edit the properties of the cloned material, click
Edit
.
In the Polymer-Material
Properties Manager dialog box, you can edit any material
property. For example, you can rename the polymer in Tradename and Grade and customize the
numerical value for the Maximum, Recommended, and Minimum Melt Temperature.
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Click OK.
Similarly, you can copy an existing user-defined database
material from the required family and edit its properties.
You can also add a new material to an existing family in the
user-defined database, and fill in all required properties. In addition, if
the required family of materials does not exist, you can add it.
To export a custom material to a SOLIDWORKS Plastics
binary format, click Export
Products
, and click
.
To import a custom material in the User-defined Database (saved in
.xls or .bin format), click Import Plastic Material
.