Selecting Materials

Use the Materials tool to select materials for the analysis.

Material selection has to be done before updating the process conditions during the model setup.
  1. From the Tool Deflection ribbon, click the Materials tool.


  2. In the Material Database dialog, to the right of , click the triangle and select Tool_Material.


  3. Select the appropriate material(s) for the analysis by right-clicking on the material and selecting Select from the context menu, or click .
    You can select more than one material. The material(s) that you select will be shown in the Inlet Process dialog. In that dialog, you'll have to select the suitable polymer material at each inlet surface.
    You can select/unselect materials as you choose. For this analysis, however, you need only one material.


Copying Materials

Use the Materials tool to copy materials.

  1. From the Tool Deflection ribbon, click the Materials tool.


  2. In the Material Database dialog, right-click on the material and select Copy to user area.


A copy of the selected material will be added to User Materials under the respective material class. Material name can be edited in the highlighted entry. Edit mode is enabled to change any material property.


Assigning Materials to Parts

  1. To assign a material to a part, right click on the part and select the material from the menu.


    The materials shown in the menu are the selected materials in the Material GUI.


  2. Click Material Library... to assign a different material to the part. The Material Database window will be populated. Choose an appropriate material and click Assign.


Creating Tool Materials

  1. Click the Extrusion tab.
  2. Click the Materials icon.
  3. In the Material Database dialog, right-click on the Tool_Material folder and select New material.


  4. Enter a name for the new material, select Tool for the Material Class and Yes for Include Plastic Data, and click Next.


  5. Click the Plastic tab to add temperatures and corresponding curves.


  6. Click to add a new temperature.


    Edit the temperature and press Enter.

  7. Select a temperature and enter the Strain and Stress values in the table then press Enter to accept the changes.
    Note: The first point in the table must be (0,0). A minimum of three points is required for every curve.

    A plot for the temperatures is shown in the bottom panel.

  8. Click to delete the respective curve.
  9. Click Create to create the new material with curve data.