ANSYS Material Macro

The Material macro creates and defines material cards.

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This macro lists the existing materials in the model in a table and displays the material Set Number, Type, and Name for each material. From this macro dialog, you can create a new material, edit an existing material, or delete a material.

Rows can be sorted by set number, material type and name columns.

The following buttons are available on the Material macro dialog:

Button	Action
Help	Provides information about the macro.
New…	Opens the Create Material dialog, from which you can specify parameters for a new material and create it.
Edit…	Opens the Edit Material dialog, from which you can review and change parameters for an existing material that is selected in the table.
Refresh	Refreshes the HyperMesh database with changes you made through the Material macro. You must click this button before closing the dialog to successfully export the ANSYS deck.
Delete	Deletes the material that is selected in the table.
Close	Closes the Material macro dialog.

Right-clicking on a row displays a context menu with the option to delete unused materials. Selecting this option can help you clean up your model by deleting materials.

You can also edit materials, edit material properties, and delete materials from the menu that appears when you right-click in the table when a row/material is selected.

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