Comments on: SolidWorks Video Tip: 2009 Materials Database http://www.rickyjordan.com/2008/08/solidworks-video-tip-2009-materials-database.html SolidWorks, The CAD Industry, & More! Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:12:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ricky Jordan http://www.rickyjordan.com/2008/08/solidworks-video-tip-2009-materials-database.html/comment-page-1#comment-2085 Ricky Jordan Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:51:10 +0000 http://www.rickyjordan.com/?p=735#comment-2085 Chris,<br><br>Have you tried creating a Custom Materials Database? You can copy the plastic material from the SolidWorks Materials Database straight into your newly created database. At that point you should be able to redefine your yield strength. Unless something has changed, I believe the SolidWorks Material Database is read-only. This might explain the problems you have been having.<br><br>Let me know if this works for ya.<br><br>Ricky Chris,

Have you tried creating a Custom Materials Database? You can copy the plastic material from the SolidWorks Materials Database straight into your newly created database. At that point you should be able to redefine your yield strength. Unless something has changed, I believe the SolidWorks Material Database is read-only. This might explain the problems you have been having.

Let me know if this works for ya.

Ricky

]]> By: Ricky Jordan http://www.rickyjordan.com/2008/08/solidworks-video-tip-2009-materials-database.html/comment-page-1#comment-1988 Ricky Jordan Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:51:10 +0000 http://www.rickyjordan.com/?p=735#comment-1988 Chris,<br><br>Have you tried creating a Custom Materials Database? You can copy the plastic material from the SolidWorks Materials Database straight into your newly created database. At that point you should be able to redefine your yield strength. Unless something has changed, I believe the SolidWorks Material Database is read-only. This might explain the problems you have been having.<br><br>Let me know if this works for ya.<br><br>Ricky Chris,

Have you tried creating a Custom Materials Database? You can copy the plastic material from the SolidWorks Materials Database straight into your newly created database. At that point you should be able to redefine your yield strength. Unless something has changed, I believe the SolidWorks Material Database is read-only. This might explain the problems you have been having.

Let me know if this works for ya.

Ricky

]]> By: chrismills http://www.rickyjordan.com/2008/08/solidworks-video-tip-2009-materials-database.html/comment-page-1#comment-1963 chrismills Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:29:56 +0000 http://www.rickyjordan.com/?p=735#comment-1963 Ricky,<br>I am trying to add yield strength to a plastic, using this materials screen. Yet every time I add the 'yield strength' under the custom tab, when I try to use SimulationXpress add-in it tells me that yield strength is not defined, which in turn does not allow the calculation of Factor of Safety. Any hints? Thanks! Ricky,
I am trying to add yield strength to a plastic, using this materials screen. Yet every time I add the 'yield strength' under the custom tab, when I try to use SimulationXpress add-in it tells me that yield strength is not defined, which in turn does not allow the calculation of Factor of Safety. Any hints? Thanks!

]]> By: Ricky Jordan http://www.rickyjordan.com/2008/08/solidworks-video-tip-2009-materials-database.html/comment-page-1#comment-938 Ricky Jordan Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:16:29 +0000 http://www.rickyjordan.com/?p=735#comment-938 Hey Brian,<br><br>Since I don't have FloWorks and you DO....maybe you could Blog about it. :-) What kinds of things does it have that the 09 materials doesn't?<br><br>Ricky Hey Brian,

Since I don't have FloWorks and you DO….maybe you could Blog about it. :-) What kinds of things does it have that the 09 materials doesn't?

Ricky

]]> By: cadfanatic http://www.rickyjordan.com/2008/08/solidworks-video-tip-2009-materials-database.html/comment-page-1#comment-937 cadfanatic Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:06:47 +0000 http://www.rickyjordan.com/?p=735#comment-937 I'm glad, although I wish they would just use the Simulation Engineering Database for everything and be done with it! I'm glad, although I wish they would just use the Simulation Engineering Database for everything and be done with it!

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