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In this lesson we will cover the main areas of material configuration, settings and values.
Material Configuration is broken down into a few sections with some configuration information.
Firstly we have the general material list, this list should contain unique material types that don’t share the same properties for density, springback factor and K-Factors.
Adding a new material can be achieved by clicking on the Add button in the bottom left of the dialog box, where upon you will see a message asking to confirm if you would like to continue, in retrospect clicking a material name and pressing the delete button will erase it though it should be noted that the default materials are protected from deletion.
Once you continue then a new material will appear in the available list which you can click to select and then edit and set the specific properties.
Name
The main name of the material
Display Name
The main display name of the material
Tensile Strength
Tensile strength refers to the maximum amount of tensile (stretching) stress that a material can withstand.
Density
Density refers to the mass of a substance per unit volume.
Springback Factor
The spring back factor is a measure of how much a metal sheet will spring back to its original shape after being formed.
Bend Data Alias
Selecting a preloaded material from the drop down will use the generic properties from the selected material.
Magnetic
Does the material have a magnetic property.
K-Factors
The K factor considers material thickness, tensile strength, elasticity, and other factors affecting the deformation of the metal.
Aliases
Under the aliases section you can enter in alternate names for this material, for example if you have requirements to make parts from CR4 by entering in this name under Steel then the system can automatically use the properties from the master material name.
Once materials are added then you click on the close button or press escape.
Additional information for Density, Tensile Strength, Springback and K Factor can be found in the Terminology section of the E-learning.
