Create a new material by copying another material

You can copy any material to use as a basis for a new material. When you do this, an inheritance relationship is established and maintained between the two material definitions. All material properties of the parent material are inherited by the child material, unless you override selected material properties.

Note:

The Default Material Library contains predefined materials. You cannot edit properties of materials in this library, but you can make a copy of the material and edit the properties of the copy.

You can create materials only if the Allow Local Materials customer default is selected.

1. Ensure that the FEM is the work or displayed part.

2. Choose Menu→Tools→Materials→Assign Materials or Manage Materials.Note: You can also create a material when you create or edit a physical property table.

3. In the Material List, select Library Materials.

4. Right-click a library material from the Materials list and choose Copy .

5. In the Materials dialog box, enter new material property values for the material. When you type in a value for a material property, you must press Enter to apply the change.When you change a property scalar value in the child material, the Overridden Value button appears next to the property. To revert the value to the original value, click this button and then select Inherited Value (No Override) from the list.Note: When you change a property field value, both the parent and the child materials are updated because the field is referenced by both materials.To modify the field only in the child material, you must first clone the field that you want to change, make any required changes to that new field, and then reference this new field in the child material property.For more information on cloning fields, see Clone a field in the Pre/Post documentation.Note: When a material property in the parent material is updated, an overridden value in the child material is not updated. If the material property is inherited, the changes to the parent material are reflected in the child material.

6. Click OK when you are finished entering material properties for the new material.The new material is added to the list, with a number appended to its name. Its location is listed as Local Material.

7. (Optional) Right-click the copied material, choose Rename and enter a new name.

8. Close the materials dialog box.

How do I

Assign a material using a mesh collector

Assign a material to a body

Find bodies with no material assignment

Filter the list of materials using a standard filter

Filter the list of materials using a custom filter

Configure columns in the material list

Use an inherited material in a physical property table

Override a material assignment in a Simulation file

Create a material

Revert material properties to their inherited values

Lock an inherited material property

Specify a preferred material for a part or FEM

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