33.4.4 User-Defined Database Materials Dialog Box

The User-Defined Database Materials dialog box is opened by clicking OK in the Open Database dialog box. In this dialog box you can view the user-defined material properties database and copy materials from this database to the local materials list in the solver. See Section  8.1.4 for details.

Controls

User-Defined Materials   contains a list of all materials of the selected Material Type that are defined in the database. The name of this list will change depending on the selected material type (e.g., User-Defined Fluid Materials, User-Defined Solid Materials, etc.). You can select one or more of these materials to copy to your local list or edit their properties.

Material Type   is a drop-down list containing all of the available material types.

Order Materials By   allows you to order the materials in the User-Defined Materials list alphabetically by Name or alphabetically by Chemical Formula.

Copy Materials From Case...   opens the Copy Case Material dialog box.

Delete   deletes the selected materials from the database.

Properties   lists the properties and values of the selected material.

New...   opens a blank Material Properties dialog box where you can define a new material.

Edit...   opens the Material Properties dialog box displaying the properties of the selected material.

Save   saves the information to the selected database.

Copy   copies the selected material to your local material list. If the material already exists the New Material Name dialog box (see Section  5) opens