Material Group Editor

CUSTOMTOOLS Materials can be divided into groups to ease their management.

Info NOTE: One Material Group is required in order to add CUSTOMTOOLS materials.

Where to find the Material options:

The Material options are located in the CUSTOMTOOLS Profile Options so the materials defined here, are profile specific.

Select the desired CUSTOMTOOLS product from the CUSTOMTOOLS Products box to display the further and the product specific instructions to find the Material options.

CUSTOMTOOLS Products:


Material Group Settings:

Name Defines the name of the material group.
Initial State Determines the default state of material group.
Expanded The material group is expanded by default when the materials selection box is opened in the Properties pane.
Collapsed The material group is collapsed by default when the materials selection box is opened in the Properties pane.
Last State The material group is expanded or collapsed by default when the materials selection box is opened in the Properties pane based on the state used last time when the material selection was used.

CUSTOMTOOLS Material Groups appear to the Property used as the component material selection, with the name defined in the Name box. The CUSTOMTOOLS Material Groups are considered as Material Libraries from the SOLIDWORKS point of view.


Related Topics

Add and edit your materials with help of the Material Editor
Manage your CUSTOMTOOLS Materials and Material Groups in the CUSTOMTOOLS Materials options

SOLIDWORKS Online Help: Materials
SOLIDWORKS Online Help: SOLIDWORKS Material Libraries



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