Material DB

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by rwwink, Feb 2, 2008.

  1. rwwink

    rwwink Guest

    Using SWX '07 SP3. I can't seem to be able to add a new material to
    the DB. It's been so long, I guess I've forgotten how...if I ever
    knew.
    When trying to add a material to the part and opening the "Materials
    Editor", I pick one of the material DB's that exists already. "Remove
    Material" and "Create/Edit Material..." are grayed out. I then pick a
    material most like the new material under the sub category and the two
    buttons are available. Picking "Create..." opens a dialog box into
    which the information is typed; Material Classification, Material
    Name, the physical properties and so forth. Clicking "OK" does not add
    the classification or save the new information.
    I tried to open the .sldmat file by copying and renaming to .mdb so
    Access '03 would recognize it (got an invalid file structure for the
    effort)
    Searched the help file using "add materials" and found "adding
    materials dialog box" in location ddmp which refers to a wizard the I
    don't find anywhere.
    Could someone show me or tell me what i'm doing wrong?
    R. Wink
     
    rwwink, Feb 2, 2008
    #1
  2. rwwink

    lmar Guest

    If memory serves me correctly you have to make a copy of the SW
    material DB before you can add modify materials.

    Len
     
    lmar, Feb 5, 2008
    #2
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