Define the Material Properties

Autodesk Nastran In-CAD can access a material library.

1. Right-click on Materials and select New.
2. In the dialog, click on Select Material.
3. Click on 16-25-6 Stainless Steel as shown in the image below.

   

   If you get a warning like this one below, please ignore it.

   

   This is because in the Allowables section, if you enter ST or SY, the software will automatically shift the failure theory to Principal Stress or von Mises Stress, respectively.

4. The corresponding properties are loaded into the appropriate fields in the Material dialog.

   

5. Click on Close button.
6. Enter 2.5e+008 for SY and select the Failure Theory as von Mises Stress.

   

7. Click OK.
8. 16-25-6 Stainless Steel is added to the Materials list.

Note: Material Library Features:

• You can also create a custom material with the available material properties and save it to a custom material library as a materialname.xml file by clicking Save New Material.
• You can load this library later if needed, by choosing the XML File type and browsing to the location of the library.
• Once loaded, it would contain all the materials that you saved to that library.