The User Created Standard Part Material window ( Modeling ) (read-only)
Settings on this window represent the choices applied to this material in a full-featured SDS2 program . " General Information " " OK "
- ABM options are also a part of the User Created Standard Part Material window:
Information on the material you are reviewing may be included in an ABM when the " 
ABM " check box is checked.
- The window opens when you are reviewing a standard part . It also opens when you are reviewing multiple materials of different types.
- For standard parts, this window shows you the settings applied to this standard part on the editable version of this window that appears in a full-featured SDS2 program.
- For multi-material review, this window lets you review certain settings (such as the steel grade or surface finish) of those multiple materials . Those multiple materials do not have to include standard parts.
- To open this window:
- Review Material ( Modeling )
- "Review Other" on context menu, select the mark of the standard part ( Modeling )
- Double-click the standard part ( Modeling )
- Review 2D Items ( Drawing Editor )
- Review multiple materials of different types ( Modeling )
- Here's an example:
This standard part, a valve handle, was created in a full-featured SDS2 program by Fusing material. Be aware that you can also use this window to review the settings of multiple materials of different types that are not standard parts.
Also see :
- Standard parts (topic)
- Standard parts ( Hide Items window -- for masking standard parts on drawing selection dialogs)
- General Information window (can be opened from this window)
- Submaterial piecemark (each unique material identified by)
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------ General settings ------
Piecemark:
For standard parts: The submaterial piecemark of the standard part whose settings you are reviewing is reported here. For the current quantity of standard parts with this piecemark, see " Current quantity " on the General Information window.
For multi-material review: No piecemark is shown since this window only opens when you have edited materials of different types, and materials of different types should always have different submaterial piecemarks .
Steel grade: A36 or A572 or etc.
For standard parts: The steel grade that is shown here depends on how the standard part was created in a full-featured SDS2 program .
For multi-material review: A single steel grade is shown here only if all the materials being reviewed are that same steel grade.
Surface finish: None or Sandblasted or Red oxide or Yellow zinc or Gray oxide or Blued steel or Galvanized . This affects the colors of ' Solid ' members in erection views in the Drawing Editor . This also sets the color when " Output material color " is set to ' Surface finish ' for a VRML Export . The " Color " ( not " Surface finish ") sets the color of this material in Modeling .
| sand blasted | red oxide | yellow zinc |
| gray oxide | blued steel | galvanized |
Color: The color of the standard part when it is displayed in solids form . Different colors may be assigned to materials that have the same submaterial piecemark . The color swatch next to the list box ( 
) displays the color that is selected.
Setup: The default colors for member main materials and submaterials is set up on the Modeling Colors setup window.
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To close this window :
" General Information " opens the General Information window, which you can use to review additional information about the selected material.
Press " Close " on the General Information window to close that window and reactivate this window.
"OK" closes this window.
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