Creating material 1

[AndyGro]

Hello everyone,

I was wondering if anybody can help me?

I am trying to create a material, and unable to find the relevant information in order to do so.

Ther materials are:

Low density foam 24kg/m³
Medium density foam 104kg/m³
High density foam 144kg/m³

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[CADFlyer]

check here

http://www.matweb.com/index.aspx

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

If you are looking for material appearance (texture) you will probably have to create your own from a digital image.

 

[fcsuper]

With a part open, goto Appearence in the FeatureManager. Under it, you'll find Edit Material. Under that is a Create/Edit button. From there you can create a new material for your existing database or even create a new database.

For more refined editing, once you create the material, you can edit the materials library file directly with notepad.

If you do want a custom image, then yes, you'll need to make/find one to apply.

Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group

 

[AndyGro]

Sorry, it appears as if I didn't get my question across well enough, I was actually after phsical properties of the foam.

Thanks again

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Contact the manufacturers and/or suppliers of the actual foam you want to use. There are too many material types of 'foam' to answer your question from the info given.

 

[AndyGro]

Thanks "corblimeylimey"

 

[ctopher]

I agree. You need to be more specific. i.e. 'Medium density foam' is a generic term.

If you find all of the material properties, and correct material name, send them to me and I can add them to my database.
The trouble I have with a lot of materials is I can't find the correct props.

Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 2.0
AutoCAD 06/08
ctopher's home (updated 10-07-07)

 

[gwubs]

We go to Matweb, print the info pages, and save these in a paper binder. That way we do not have people setting up materials on the fly without being able to backup the numbers with a reputable source. Creating materials is real time saver in Cosmos BTW.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Some foam properties are listed in the Technical Specification links here;

http://www.amconvas.com/materialscase.html

 

[lumenharold]

ctopher: I had downloaded your materials list before but lost track of it when I switched to a new PC. Followed your link and downloaded again. Thanks and a star.

These are three materials not in your data base that I have used. Take them for what they are worth (i.e, double check before you build something that someone's life will depend on!). Materials are Zinc-Aluminum Aly ZA-12, Aluminum-Magnesium Aly 535.0 and Beralcast 363 Beryllium-Aluminum Aly. data is from Matweb or mfr site.

Harold
SW2008 SP3.0 OPW2008 SP0.1 Win XP Pro 2002 SP2
Dell 690, Xeon 5160 @3.00GHz, 3.25GB RAM
nVidia Quadro FX4600
www.lumenflow.com

 

[fcsuper]

Chris,

I have a new material that can be added too..I'll email it separately to you.


Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group

 

[ctopher]

Thanks guys. I'll take a look.

Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 2.0
AutoCAD 06/08
ctopher's home (updated 10-07-07)