Installing and Importing Materials from a Material Briefcase

The 3DEXPERIENCE platform includes several "briefcases" of sample material definitions that you can use to populate the database with a set of materials.

Each briefcase is a 3D XML file that includes materials suited to a particular type of analysis, like computational fluid dynamics (CFD) or elastic-fatigue analysis. The material definitions in a briefcase are defined with their Family attribute set to a unique label; you can filter your searches in the Material Palette using this label to retrieve these imported materials.

Important: Dassault Systèmes provides sample material data. You have the exclusive responsibility for taking adequate measures to properly test, operate, and use each DS Offering and for the results obtained therefrom.

You can import a material briefcase into the database when the briefcase file is available in the content repository. If the file is not yet available in the repository, you can install it from the Compass.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
Material Briefcases Available for Import

Install a Material Briefcase

If the material briefcase file you want to import is not available in your collaborative space, you can install it from the Compass.

For more information about installing optional content like material libraries, see 3DEXPERIENCE Native Apps Content.

  1. From the Compass, click a role that provides access to optional material briefcase content, and then click Name content.
  2. From the installation options that appear, select Install optional content now.

    The 3DEXPERIENCE Launcher opens and installs the material briefcase file in the content repository.

Import the Material Briefcase into the Database

If the material briefcase file is available in the content repository, you can import its contents into the database.

  1. Select Add > Import.
    The Import dialog box appears.
  2. From the Format selections, select 3DXML with authoring (*.3dxml).
  3. From the Source selections, select File on disk.
  4. In the Filename field, do the following:
    1. Click and navigate to content_installation_root\resources\materials, where content_installation_root is the location where the Dassault Systèmes installer installs optional content.
    2. Double-click one of the following material briefcase files:

      • DS-Standard.3dxml
      • DS-Engineering.3dxml
      • DS-EngineeringFluids.3dxml
      • DS-ElasticFatigue.3dxml
      • DS-InjectionMolding.3dxml
      • DS-FKM-Weld.3dxml
      • DS-VerityWeldFatigue.3dxml

  5. From the General tabbed page, select As Reference and clear the other options.
  6. Click OK.
    The Import Progression progress bar appears.

    The Operation report dialog box informs you whether or not the import succeeded:

    • If the import succeeded, you can review a brief overview of the imported objects.
    • If the import failed, you can review the errors and warnings that occurred.
    You can also open a report from this dialog box to read about the import process in greater detail.

The imported materials are available in the Material Palette.