Material

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Description

A Material is used by Sections, Property 2Ds and Property 3Ds. It is only possible to work with elastic isotropic material types. A Material can either be created as a Standard Material from design code and grade using the Create Material component, or as a custom material using the Create Custom Material component.

Use the Get Model Materials to get all materials in a Model and then use Edit Material in combination with Material Properties to get information about material properties.

Refer to Materials to read more.

Properties

Icon	Type	Name	Description
	Integer	Material ID	the Material's ID in its respective table (Steel, Concrete, etc)
	Text	Material Name	the Material's Name
	Material	Custom Material	A copy of this material as a Custom material.
	Text	Material Type	Material Type

Note: the above properties can be retrieved using the Edit Material component