Add A Material In Solidworks

When creating part files in solidworks by default the entire part is assigned one material.

Add a material in solidworks.

Solidworks comes with a large variety of material options. 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. The preferred method to update the database is from the material dialog box in solidworks. Updating the materials database from the web.

Provide feedback on this topic. In the material tree select a category in a custom library. You assign material to the part by picking a material from a material library. Materials in solidworks have two sets of properties visual and physical mechanical.

Fortunately is it is easy to add new materials by either creating your own or by importing a database somebody else has created. Adding sustainability data to a custom material. To affect several bodies select them before right clicking. Since the solidworks 2014 release you are able to download additional materials for your solidworks simulation material database from the matereality website which has a much broader range of advanced material properties that have been physically tested.

In a part document right click material in the featuremanager design tree. There is an easy trick when working with a multi body part file to assign each body as a different material designation. Solidworks welcomes your feedback concerning. Simulationxpress must know the elastic properties of the material of the part.

In a part document right click material in the featuremanager design tree and select edit material. Right click and select copy or press ctrl c to copy the material to your paste buffer. In the featuremanager design tree right click the part component and select. In the featuremanager design tree in the solid bodies folder right click a body and click material.

If you are behind a firewall or need it assistance with modifying your solidworks installation you can download materials updates from the web. However in some cases the specific material for your project may not be listed. Search applying a material in the solidworks knowledge base. Editing a custom material.

As shown in figure 1 you can access additional materials using the solidworks materials web portal matereality on the bottom left of the. In the material tree select the material on which to base the custom material.