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# Press the {{Button|[[Image:FEM_MaterialSolid.svg|16px]]}} button or choose {{MenuCommand|Model → Materials → [[Image:FEM_MaterialSolid.svg|16px]] FEM material for solid‏‎}} from the top menu.
# To create a new SolidMaterial object: Press the {{Button|[[Image:FEM_MaterialSolid.svg|16px]]}} button or choose {{MenuCommand|Model → Materials → [[Image:FEM_MaterialSolid.svg|16px]] FEM material for solid‏‎}} from the top menu.
# Double click the created [[Image:FEM_MaterialSolid.svg|16px]] SolidMaterial object.
# To edit an existing SolidMaterial object: Double-click it in the Tree view.
#* Select a material. For engineering mechanical analysis, {{MenuCommand|CalculiX-Steel}} is a typical option.
# Select a material. For engineering mechanical analysis, {{MenuCommand|CalculiX-Steel}} is a typical option.
#* Provided that you are applying material to the whole object, don't select any geometrical entities (leave reference list empty). Material will be applied to the whole model. Otherwise assign material to particular model parts manually by selecting some of them for each inserted material, but don't leave any part of the model without material assigned.
# Provided that you are applying material to the whole object, don't select any geometrical entities (leave reference list empty). Material will be applied to the whole model. Otherwise assign material to particular model parts manually by selecting some of them for each inserted material, but don't leave any part of the model without material assigned.
#* You can adjust material properties such as density, young's modulus, poisson ratio, etc., however most of the common materials are already available in the presets and they don't need any tweaking.
# You can adjust material properties such as density, young's modulus, poisson ratio, etc., however most of the common materials are already available in the presets and they don't need any tweaking.
#* If you make modifications, you can save your customized material.
# If you make modifications, you can save your customized material.
# Click {{Button|Close}} to close the task panel.
# Click {{Button|Close}} to close the task panel.

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Revision as of 09:53, 25 February 2021

FEM MaterialSolid

Menu location
Model → Materials → FEM material for solid
Workbenches
FEM
Default shortcut
M M
Introduced in version
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See also
FEM tutorial

Description

Adds material properties to a part.

Usage

  1. To create a new SolidMaterial object: Press the button or choose Model → Materials → FEM material for solid‏‎ from the top menu.
  2. To edit an existing SolidMaterial object: Double-click it in the Tree view.
  3. Select a material. For engineering mechanical analysis, CalculiX-Steel is a typical option.
  4. Provided that you are applying material to the whole object, don't select any geometrical entities (leave reference list empty). Material will be applied to the whole model. Otherwise assign material to particular model parts manually by selecting some of them for each inserted material, but don't leave any part of the model without material assigned.
  5. You can adjust material properties such as density, young's modulus, poisson ratio, etc., however most of the common materials are already available in the presets and they don't need any tweaking.
  6. If you make modifications, you can save your customized material.
  7. Click Close to close the task panel.

Notes

  1. The mechanical material uses the *MATERIAL card in CalculiX. Details about the mechanical material is explained at http://web.mit.edu/calculix_v2.7/CalculiX/ccx_2.7/doc/ccx/node216.html