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Altair Material Data Center
Altair Material Data Center (AMDC) provides accurate multi-domain material properties to enable the creation of sustainable, efficient, and lightweight designs.
AMDC Archived Release Notes
Here are the release notes for features and updates to Altair Material Data Center.
AMDC Release Notes 2024.0
The release notes provide details about the new features and enhancements in AMDC 2024.0

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What's New
Here’s a quick look at the latest features available with Altair One.
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Altair Material Data Center
Altair Material Data Center (AMDC) provides accurate multi-domain material properties to enable the creation of sustainable, efficient, and lightweight designs.
- Launch AMDC
  Launch the application to access the Altair material data. You can customize and launch the application from Favorite Apps, on the Altair One Home page.
- AMDC Access and License
  Upgrade your Altair Material Data Center access to Explorer and ExplorerPlus to unlock all material data and the application features.
- Ziegler PEM Material Database
- Integrated Desktop Applications
  Get instant access to an exhaustive database with thousands of simulation ready materials directly from within Altair desktop applications! This seamless integration automatically lists materials suitable for the application and lets users look up, search, compare and download CAE-ready material cards directly in the software.
- Whats New
  Here’s a quick look at the latest features available with Altair Material Data Center.
- Tutorials
  Discover the features of AMDC with step by step tutorials and videos.
- Search Materials
  Search a material or a list of materials using quick search, advanced search or scatter plots.
- Compare Materials
  Select one or more materials to compare the chosen materials data.
- Filter Materials
  Browse and filter materials using the predefined categories as filters in the left navigation pane that most suit your requirements.
- Similar Materials
  Find similar materials in terms of mechanical, thermal, or electrical properties.
- View Material Details
  Visualize advanced and accurate material properties and curves. Also, view material impact using Global Warming Potential (GWP) and set your data preferences.
- Export Material Data
  Export material data sheets with plots as a PDF and CAE simulation-ready material cards to your workstation or Altair Drive.
- Share Material Data
  Share material information in an email, document or message. Recipients of the link can view the material information in AMDC.
- Customize Table View
  Customize the materials data in table view. Add, remove material properties as table columns, reorder the columns and sort them.
- Set AMDC Theme
  Set theme of AMDC.
- Manage Favorites
  Create and maintain different lists of favorite materials to quickly access from the catalog or maintain a list of materials for your project.
- Set Preferences
  AMDC currently supports English and German languages and Metric and U.S. Customary units as unit systems.
- AMDC Private Database
  An administrator is provided access to the AMDC Dashboard to access specfic administrative related tasks to maintain up to date information in the Altair Material Database.
- AMDC Archived Release Notes
  Here are the release notes for features and updates to Altair Material Data Center.
  - AMDC Release Notes 2024.0
    The release notes provide details about the new features and enhancements in AMDC 2024.0
  - AMDC Release Notes 2023.1
    The release notes provide details about the new features and enhancements in AMDC 2023.1
  - AMDC Release Notes 2023.0.1
    The release notes provide details about the new features and enhancements in AMDC 2023.0.1
  - AMDC Release Notes 2023.0
    The release notes provide details about the new features and enhancements in AMDC 2023.0
  - AMDC Release Notes 2022.2
    The release notes provide details about the new features and enhancements in AMDC 2022.2
  - AMDC Release Notes 2022.1
    The release notes provide details about the new features, enhancements, and resolved issues in AMDC 2022.1
  - AMDC Release Notes 2022
    The release notes provide details about the new features, enhancements, and resolved issues in AMDC 2022.
  - AMDC Release Notes 2021.2
    The release notes provide details about the new features, enhancements, and resolved issues in AMDC2021.2.
  - AMDC Release Notes 2021.1
    The release notes provide details about the new features, enhancements, and resolved issues in AMDC 2021.1.
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AMDC Release Notes 2024.0

The release notes provide details about the new features and enhancements in AMDC 2024.0

Materials Data

New Materials:
- Approximately 10,000 new datasets have been added.
- Over 600 new metals, raising the total number of metals in AMDC to over 5100, encompassing new steels and aluminum, titanium, nickel, copper, and numerous alloys.
- 1300 datasets on glasses.
- 1600 new functional materials including adhesives, structural foams, fuel cells, batteries, and electroceramics.
- 5500 datasets on various types of salts.
- Nearly 500 new datasets on elements and chemicals.
New Material Properties and Diagram Types:
- New temperature-dependent data has been added, including thermal diffusivity, thermal conductivity, bulk modulus, shear modulus, refractive index, and more.
- Expanded creep data on metals are now available.
More CAE Ready Data:
- Structural simulation support extended for an additional 1000 materials.
- Over 300 new materials are now available for high-frequency electromagnetic simulations.

AMDC Public Database Features

New Improved Licensing Model
- Altair introduces the new licensing model for AMDC, Explorer and ExplorerPlus.
- Explorer grants access to all material data, plots, and CAE interfaces to Altair tools. Unlock the full potential of AMDC with ExplorerPlus – download CAE cards for third-party simulation tools, access PEM test data, and study the carbon footprint of materials. For more information, refer to the AMDC Access and License on the online Help.
Find Similar Materials: A powerful tool to discover alternative materials based on mechanical, thermal, or electrical properties. Compare them and study trade-offs to select the best material for your product.
Notification Badges for New and Updated Materials: Easily identify newly added or updated materials with notification badges, indicating recent data updates.
Preview CAE Cards: A preview option has been added to the CAE Model tab, which displays a text preview of the CAE card being downloaded.