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List custom material definitions
You can display the material definitions stored in your custom Site and/or User MatML libraries in the Assign Material, Manage Materials, and Materials List dialog boxes.
Note:
Before you can display a library, its corresponding Enable check box must be selected on the Gateway→Materials/Mass page in the Customer Defaults dialog box. The default material libraries specified in Site MatML Library and/or User MatML Library are also defined in the Customer Defaults dialog box.
Open the appropriate materials dialog box (for example, choose Menu→Tools→Materials→Manage Materials or Manage Library Materials).
Expand the Libraries group.
Select the Site MatML Library and/or the User MatML Library check box as appropriate.
Click OK.The contents of your custom material library are now displayed in the Materials list.
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Delete a material definition from a custom library
Update a material with changes from the library definition
Adding material properties to existing material definitions
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