Display, Hide or Delete

1. Display material properties

Displaying the material properties allows editing a tab in which all the properties are displayed in several chapters:

  • Description for the general data (name, family, etc.)
  • Mechanical data
  • Electrical data
  • Magnetic data (B(H) curve)
  • Iron losses (If available for the considered material)
Displaying of the material properties
1 The properties of the selected material must be displayed. See below how to display the tabs where all the properties are recorded.
2 Tabs in which the physical properties of the considered material are presented.
3 All the tables can be displayed by clicking on the corresponding shortcut.
4 Shortcuts for displaying the corresponding section of the material properties.

Here are the ways to display the properties of materials:
How to display the material properties?
1 The properties of the selected material are displayed in a tab.
2 In any case, one must select the name of the material properties which have to be displayed.
3 The first way to display the properties of the selected material consists of using the right mouse button to expand the corresponding menu and clicking on the function Display.
4 The second way to display the properties of the selected material consists of double clicking on the considered material.

2. Hide material properties

Hide the material properties consists of removing the tabs in which the physical properties of the material are displayed from the central screen of the “Materials” application.

Note: The properties of the materials are hidden, but the material still exists in the material database.

Two ways are possible to hide material properties. There are described below.
How to hide the material properties?
1 The first way to hide the properties of the selected material consists of using the right mouse button to expand the corresponding menu and clicking on the function Hide.
2 The second way to hide the properties of the selected material consists of clicking on the cross in the top part of the displayed tab.

3. Delete a material

Delete a material means that it is removed from the material database.

Only materials from the user material database can be deleted.

Note: When deleting a material used in the design of an existing motor, the name of this material and all the corresponding physical properties are kept in the data of the motor. They are kept if the material is not changed in the motor. If the material is replaced by another one, the former material (removed from the material database) won’t be usable anymore.
How to delete a material?
1 Select the name of the material to be deleted.
2 The first way to delete a material consists of using the right mouse button to expand the corresponding menu and clicking on the function Delete.
3 The second way to delete a material consists of clicking on the Delete button in the area where several functions are located at bottom part of the user material database to manage the materials.
4 A dedicated dialog box allows finalizing the deletion of the selected material.
Note: Several materials can be selected to be deleted.
5 The deletion of the material is achieved when clicking on "Yes".

Obviously, it is possible to cancel the deletion by clicking on "No".