You open the part then assign material from SOLIDWORKS material library.
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Browse to drive letter:\Users\Public\Public
Documents\SOLIDWORKS\SOLIDWORKS
version\samples\Simulation
Examples\Tutor1.SLDPRT and open the
file.
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Click Edit Material
(SOLIDWORKS Standard toolbar).
The Material dialog box appears.
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In the left pane, click
next to SOLIDWORKS
Materials, then click next to Steel and select Alloy
Steel.
Mechanical properties of Alloy Steel appear in the
Properties tab.
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Click Apply and
Close.
The name of the assigned material appears in the
FeatureManager design tree
.