Wire Diameters and Ultimate Tensile Strength dialog box

Use the dialog to enter values of wire diameters and the ultimate tensile strength of the selected material. Double-click the edit field to change values.

According to the specified values of wire diameters and the ultimate tensile strength, generator uses the ultimate tensile strength value if you design a spring of an appropriate wire diameter. For example, you set the wire diameter value in this table to 0,072 and the ultimate tensile strength value to 232692. If you set the wire diameter value in the Design tab to 0,072, generator automatically inserts the ultimate tensile strength value (232692) to the Ultimate Tensile Strength edit field of the Calculation tab.

If generator does not find the ultimate tensile strength value for inserted wire diameter in the table, the value is calculated. Generator finds the closest lower and upper wire diameter values and approximately calculates the ultimate tensile strength.

The data from material database are stored in the XML format in ...Design Data\Design Accelerator\Tables\Materials folder. If you edit the data, tables in XML format are by default stored in ...Design Data\Design Accelerator\Tables\Custom folder.

Access

On the ribbon, click the Design tab. Open Compression Spring, Tension Spring, or Torsion Spring, Calculation tab. Select Material, and in the Material Database dialog box., double-click the last column, Wire Diameters.

Add item

Adds a row for new wire diameter and ultimate tensile strength values.

Delete item

Removes selected row with data from the table.