Material Group Editor

ATR CustomTools Materials can be divided into groups to ease their management.

NOTE: One Material Group is required in order to add ATR CustomTools materials.

The Materials options are located in the ATR CustomTools Profile Options.

Select the desired ATR CustomTools product from the table below to display further and product-specific instructions to find the Materials options.

CT product Instructions
SOLIDWORKS Add-in

Click Tools, ATR CustomTools, Options.

The ATR CustomTools Options dialog box appear with the Profile Options tab active. Select the Materials node to see the options.

ATR CustomTools Viewer

Click the Options command located in the ribbon.

The ATR CustomTools Options dialog box appear with the Profile Options tab active. Select the Materials node to see the options.

ATR CustomTools Administration

Login to your ATR CustomTools database, select the ATR CustomTools profile node from the Database View and then click the Profile Options command located in the Profile Settings group in the ribbon.

The ATR CustomTools Options dialog box appear with the Profile Options tab active. Select the Materials to see the options.

Name Defines the name of the material group.
Initial State

Determines the default state of the material group:

  • Expanded: The material group is expanded by default
  • Collapsed: The material group is collapsed by default
  • Last State: The material group is expanded or collapsed based on the state used last time when the material selection was used.

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