AutoCAD Inventor :: Material Library - Assigning Specific Steel Type?

Sep 27, 2013

When assigning materials to a part in inventor the process is simple, however when one wishes to assign a specific steel type ie ASTM A516 as opposed to just a generic steel then this is where it gets a little more complicated. 

This specific steel type will also need to be called up in the parts list relevant to the individual part that it is attached to.

I know that a custom material can be added to the favourites section in the materials library,and this can be done if required.

Have i delved deep enough into the inventor materials library , do the basic steel  and others materials ie plastics break down into specific types with their elastic properties,yield stresses etc etc in other words a more comprehensive materials library or is this something that must be created by  custom material input.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Assigning Material To Parts?

Jun 16, 2013

I need som code to assigning a material to a part in VBA.

Dim oApp As Inventor.Application  
Set oApp = ThisApplication    
Dim oDoc As PartDocument  
Set oDoc = oApp.ActiveDocument    
Dim oPropsets As PropertySets  
Set oPropsets = oDoc.PropertySets
 Dim Mat As String    

[code]....

but the material is not changed .....

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Jan 7, 2012

I am looking for a material database with more steel types than the ones that are installed in inventor.

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Normaly I can just copy a existing steel and just use the existing properites and just change the name but I see a risk of this since in the future I may want to simulte a part and then the material data is not correct.

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May 28, 2012

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May 19, 2011

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Take a plated part for example. At my company our structure of a plated part would look something like this:

raw material - machined part - plated part. I'm sure it;s the same at many other manufacturing companies.

Typically we will have a material spec sheet for the raw material. We will have an IPT and INV dwg of the machined part file. We then place the machine part (IPT) into an IAM to become the plated part. We do this workflow because if we chance any geometry to the child (machined part) it will update and reflect a tthe parent IAM  level (plated part). This also keeps out parts list and BOM structure in-line with our MRP system. So this workflow works great for us.

However there is an issue doing it that way. Inventor doesn't allow to assign materials to faces at the assembly level which seems just wrong to me. I kind of understand why they did that but it sure would be nice to be able to assign materials to faces in IAM files. Yes I know I could acheive this by using Derived Component but then my parts list and BOM structure does not reflect the base part. It only reflects the Derived part in my Parts List. Is there a way I'm missing to alter or change the Parts List to pull info of title, part number, etc of the base part rather than the Derived?

Ideally I'd just love for one day INV to allow material assignment to faces and surfaces in the assembly level. It looks rather strange on our drawings where we do a section view of the top l;evel assembly and see parts that are technically made of brass but look to be made of chrome or zinc plating instead because of how we had to assign material to the entire body of the component at the assembly level.

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May 8, 2012

I can not get the colors set to material in the content center. These are the steps I followed.
 
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2) go to "material browser"=> click "create new material in document"

3) edit new material => name "Steel Green " => generic color choose green. => OK.

4) add new material to your custom library or to the "Inventor Material Library". (custom library is in project file)

5) close document

6) go to Tools => Editor => Family Table => Column material Properties => choose "Steel Green".

7) Ok, publish OK. 

8) new assembly => place from content => get the new material.

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Sep 11, 2012

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Apr 26, 2011

We have recently upgraded from Inventor 2011 Routed Systems to Inventor Pro 2012.  We are using XP fully updated to the lastest SP and everything.  We have everything configured to our preferences but there is one thing that has been driving me batty.  When editing a solid part I open the Style and Standard Editor.  Down near the bottom under Realistic Appearance where there should be a ball with a shiney swatch there is a yellow triangle mocking me saying Autodesk Material Library is not available, also none of the bump maps are showing up on new or migrated files whether this is a related issue I am not sure of.  All of the normal and custom textures show up just fine, and all the bump textures are in their correct folder in the correct place.  I have tried switching the design data folder around with no success. 

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Oct 7, 2013

I am using inventor 2012 but the material library is not loading.Then i go to the Manage> Styles Editor> and clieck on color or material it only gives me the option of defualt.

The drop down box in the top right is greyed out so i cannot change this either.

It works fine on another PC just not mine.I have downloaded the material pack from the website also.

I have also changed the hardware settings. I have tried all 3 hardware settings and it makes no differance.

Running windows 7 x64, 8 gigs of ram 3.4 quad core, 128gig SSD.

Everything is up to date.When i installed the material library download the material library was working, but when i opened a file the material library went back to how it was above.

The files i am using are from models i made in inventor 2010, but there is no problem on another PC i use.

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Oct 4, 2013

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Jan 2, 2013

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If I select that area and I go to my own library I can not select my own made material. I have the material in the Inventor Material Library  installed but I can not select it.

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Jan 29, 2013

I have recently started playing with the new materials and appearances browsers - what a nightmare.

So I created a custom library as described in the "Materials and Appearances" whitepaper from Autodesk.

Bottom left corner of material browser > create new material

> edit material: change its name, density etc

Why can I not add it to the new custom library - from document materials?I tried to drag and drop - no success.

I tried to right click > add to > xxx material library - no success.It does however let me drag and drop to the "favorites".
 
Inventor Professional 2014.
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Jun 15, 2012

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Jan 14, 2013

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Feb 14, 2013

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I can see the library on the server, the file size is 3.6MB so it has substance. I cannot figure out what I am doing that is causing the library from locking up completely when I try to use it with another work station. Also, if any way to make my library usable again that would save me about 8 hours of work.

all of our stations use the "generic.ipj" project file.

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Oct 22, 2013

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Is the material library information accessible this way?

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Aug 16, 2012

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Oct 2, 2012

I was trying to add a new appearance to our libray this morning,  got confused and started searching here and ran across an old thread of mine. 

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I had always thought that these were two seperate things. After I read this, I noticed in my .ipj that the Inventor Materials Library is listed under both Appearance and Materials.

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Dec 28, 2011

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Oct 11, 2013

In Inventor 2014, is it possible to export a list of all of the materials in a given material library..? As text, or into Excel, or something similar?

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Nov 4, 2013

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Feb 12, 2013

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Jun 19, 2013

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Restarting Inventor results in the material being downloaded from the library correctly.

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Video showing the behaviour [URL]

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Sep 7, 2012

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Nov 20, 2012

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Jan 16, 2013

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I have managed our Inventor styles and libraries for Inventor since 2003 (R5) and I never had as much problems getting my mind to wrap around this new appearances change that Autodesk has made.  I have wasted 4 hours this morning trying to add a simple custom material to my library and I cannot.

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