Filter Materials

Browse and filter materials using the predefined categories as filters in the left navigation pane that most suit your requirements.

The following predefined categories are located on left side of the page:

• Type: Filters material data based on different materials types. For example: Metal, Plastic.
• Producer: Filters materials by various manufacturers. For example, Baosteel, Sabic.
• Provider: Providers are the materials data suppliers. For example, MatDat, Baosteel, Sabic.
• Software: Filters materials that can be exported to selected solvers or CAE Tools. For example: Inspire, Optistruct.
• Quality: Filters materials based on a selected quality criteria. For example: Excellent and Basic.

In this example, the search result is displayed for the following filters:

• Material Type: Steel
• Producer: MatDat
• Software: Optistruct

Figure 1. Search Results for the applied filters

Note:

• Click Clear all filters when you wish to clear all your selections in the filters pane.
• Click Clear within the predefined category to clear the selected category selections.

You may filter further by specifying another string value in the search field for more specific materials.

Figure 2. Filtering the search result