When you translate 3D data in a Mechanical Desktop file to Autodesk Inventor parts and assemblies, the material data for the translated parts is added to the part files.
In Autodesk Inventor, material data is defined by the material definition assigned to the part. Usually, the template used to create parts contains multiple materials definitions and you select the material when creating a part.
You can specify a template to use when translating a Mechanical Desktop part.
- If the part template you use contains a material definition with the same name as the Mechanical Desktop material, the Autodesk Inventor material definition is applied to the translated part.
- If the part template does not contain a matching material definition, the translator adds a definition to the translated part and uses the material data from the Mechanical Desktop file to define the new material definition.
After the file is translated, the material definition can be edited and used in the same way as a definition created in Autodesk Inventor.
- To change the definition of a material in Autodesk Inventor, use the settings in the
Manage tab
Styles and Standards panel
Styles Editor
dialog box. - To view the material assignment and other physical properties of the part, click
iProperties
and select the Physical Properties tab.