MATERIAL LIBRARY
Material library is a powerful tool to be used to store and manage materials. When clicking "Library" button on "Areas" tab, a new window will appear; it contains a tree of items, representing materials and folders of materials.
By default, there's a "Default materials" folder: it contains a set of materials distributed with the software and can't be modified.
"User materials" folder is where you can handle your materials thanks to the following commands:
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Selected library material will be used as current material. |
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Store current material in library. |
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Update selected library material with current material. |
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Add a folder to library. |
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Add every project's material to library. |
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Remove selected library material or folder. |
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Load a material library. |
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Save selected library material or folder. |
You can also drag&drop items inside the library tree.
Within the "Personal" library there's a "Default materials" folder, containing all the predefined materials by type and you can edit them like any other material in the library.
Materials can also be loaded and saved in .csv format; this is the file structure:
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Column 4 |
Column 5 |
Column 6 |
Column 7 |
Name |
Conductivity x |
Conductivity y |
1 if isotropic, 0 if anisotropic |
Type |
Cavity type |
Flow direction |
Column 8 |
Column 9 |
Column 10 |
Column 11 |
Column 12 |
Column 13 |
Emissivity |
Vapour diffusion |
Volumetric mass |
Dynamic viscosity |
Gas conductivity |
Specific thermal capacity |
Column 14 |
Column 15 |
Column 16 |
Column 17 |
Column 18 |
Column 19 |
Red color (min: 0; max: 1) |
Green color (min: 0; max: 1) |
Blue color (min: 0; max: 1) |
Thickness |
Layer thickness |
Notes |
Column 20 |
Column 21 |
Column 22 |
Jamb height |
U factor surface (default: -1) |
Opacity (min: 0; max: 1) |