AMat.pro Builder Reference

The AMat.pro Builder allows you to control material data, datasets, and owner groups of your private or user-defined material database.

Edit Material Tab


Edit existing Material	Subtab to edit private or user-defined material data.
	Material	Search for material to edit.
	Material Designation	Designation of the material.
	Material Number	Number of the material.
	Standard/Specification	Standard of the material (for example, European, American, British) or a company-defined specification.
	Material Type	Nature of the material (as applicable) to which the Standard/Specification refers, or the specimens to which the measurements correspond. For example: castings, alloyed ingots for remelting, and alumina-based shell.
	Material Treatment	Describes how the material has been processed. For example: heat-treated and as cast condition.
	Description	The composition or specification of the material (as applicable) and other information about the composition and manufacturing or special properties. For example, porosity.
	Equivalent Materials	A list of equivalent materials. For example, alloys with similar composition or specifications, and aliases for the material designation in the Casting Material Database dialog.
	Material owned by	Name of the material owner group. For example: STAR-Cast User 1 For information on how to add and edit owner groups, see Creating and Editing Owner Groups.
	Chemical Composition [% by mass]	Table that lists the chemical composition of the material in % by mass.
		Min Minimum percentage of the element in the chemical composition by mass. Max Maximum percentage of the element on the chemical composition by mass. Nom. Value Nominal value of the element in the chemical composition.
Add new Material	Subtab to add new private or user-defined material data.
	Select Material Class...	Choice of material class for the new material.
	Select Material Group...	Choice of material group for the new material.
	Select Material Sub-Group...	Choice of material subgroup for the new material.
	Enter Material Designation	Designation for the new material.
	Select Owner...	Choice of owner for the material from the Select Owner... drop down menu. Every new material that you add requires the declaration of a material owner. If no owner group is available, the AMat.pro Builder prompts you to create one first. For information on how to create an owner group, see Creating and Editing Owner Groups.
delete existing Material	Subtab to delete private or user-defined material data.
	Select Material to Delete	Controls the material that you want to delete.
		Material Search for the relevant material.

Edit Dataset Panel


Edit existing Dataset	Subtab to edit private or user-defined material datasets.
	Description of specimen	Description of the sample of material for examination. For example: specimen made out of sand cast test bars after standard Na melt treatment of ingot aluminium.
	Composition of specimen	Chemical composition of specimen in % by mass. For example: Wt. %: Si 9.419, Fe 0.252, and so on.
	Measuring / calculation method	Description of the measuring or calculation method. For example: the density as a function of temperature has been calculated using the density at room temperature and the volume dilatation.
	Date of measurement / calculation	Date when the dataset was measured or calculated. For example: January, 2016
	Author	Name of the person or institute that measured or calculated the data.
	Source / reference	The composition or specification of the material (as applicable) and other information about the composition and manufacturing or special properties. For example: measurement report.
	Further remarks	Any additional information that is worth being mentioned. For example: the first and the last point have been linearly extrapolated from 21°C to 0°C and from 700°C to 800°C.
	copy selected from	Search for dataset within the same database whose selected information you want to duplicate.
	Recommended	When Set, the dataset is marked as recommended for the respective physical property.
	Source /Reference	When Set, you can specify the path to source or reference files. The files are then copied to the scmat/11.02.003/win64/resources/references subdirectory of your STAR-CCM+ installation directory.
	Specimen	When Set, you can specify the path to specimen files. The files are then copied to the scmat/11.02.003/win64/resources/specimen subdirectory of your STAR-CCM+ installation directory.
	Select Curve Style	Controls the style of the dataset curve.
		Lines Displays the dataset as a lined curve. Dots Displays the dataset as dots.
	Temp. [°C]	Temperature of the point of measurement or calculation.
	Value []	Value of the physical property at the respective temperature.
	Tol. [%]	Tolerance of the measured or calculated property at the respective temperature.
	Latent Heat	Value of latent heat in J/g (only if the physical property is Fraction Solid).
Add new Dataset	Subtab to add new private or user-defined material datasets.
	Select Material	Controls the material whose physical property you want to describe by a new dataset.
		Material Search for the relevant material.
	Select Property	Controls the physical property that you want to describe by a new dataset.
	Select File and Settings	Controls the source of the new dataset.
		From File Subtab to load a new dataset from a specified input file, which contains tabular values. Select File: Database input file in ASCII format, such as .csv. Delimiter: Delimiter that is used to separate columns in the database input file. Temperature [°C] Column: Temperature column number. Value [] Column: Physical property column number. Tolerance Column: Tolerance column number. If no column is given, the Tol% value is set to 0. Ignore Lines begining with: Character that indicates the beginning of a comment in the database input file. Activate this option and then specify the appropriate comment character in the text box. For Fraction Solid, Latent Heat (J/g): Value of latent heat in J/g (only for Fraction Solid as selected property). From Dataset Subtab to create a dataset that duplicates a dataset within the same database. Dataset: Search for the dataset to duplicate. From Table Subtab to create a new dataset table. Temp. [°C]: Temperature of the point of measurement or calculation. Value []: Value of the physical property at the respective temperature. Tol. [%]: Tolerance of the measured or calculated property value at the respective temperature. Latent Heat: Value of latent heat in J/g (only for Fraction Solid as selected property).
Delete Existing Dataset	Subtab to delete private or user-defined material datasets.
	Select Dataset to Delete	Controls the datasets that you want to delete.
		Dataset Search for the relevant dataset.
Dataset Operations	Subtab to operate on private or user-defined material datasets.
	Extrapolate	Subtab to extrapolate a dataset to a temperature value outside its temperature range.
		Select Dataset to Extrapolate Controls which dataset you want to extrapolate. Dataset: Search for the relevant dataset. Extrapolation Temperature Value [°C] Temperature value outside the temperature range of the dataset to extrapolate the physical property to. Select Method Controls which method to use for extrapolation of the selected physical property. Linear: Linear extrapolation to the specified temperature value.
	Reduce	Subtab to reduce the amount of data within a dataset.
		Select Dataset to reduce Controls which dataset you want to reduce. Dataset: Search for the relevant dataset. Rules explanation Controls the rules of the dataset reduction. From temperature: Start of temperature interval. Till temperature: End of temperature interval. Keep each: Frequency of data to keep within the dataset. For example: 5 means to keep every fifth value within the interval. Set Rules Controls up to three rules to define the data reduction. Each rule allows you to define a temperature interval in which the amount of data is reduced.
	Smooth	Subtab to smooth the curve of a dataset.
		Select Dataset to Smooth Controls the dataset that you want to smooth. Dataset: Search for the relevant dataset. Select Method Controls the method that you want to use for smoothing the dataset. Smooth1: Use Bézier curve smoothing. Smooth2: Adapt position of the middle control points with the Smooth2 Coef. Value followed by Bézier curve smoothing. Smooth3: Use moving average followed by Bézier curve smoothing. Smooth4: Use average of neighboring points for middle control points followed by Bézier curve smoothing. Smooth Level Controls the level of smoothing. Level1: Use quadratic Bézier curve. Level2: Use cubic Bézier curve. Smooth2 Coef. Value Value to control the middle point for Smooth2.

Edit Owner Groups Panel


Edit Existing Owner Groups	Subtab to edit existing owner groups for private or user-defined material data.
	Select Owner Group	Search for owner group whose corresponding material designations you want to edit.
		Owner Group Search for owner group to edit.
	Edit owner materials	Controls the material designations that belong to the specified owner group.
		Owned materials Material designations that belong to the specified owner group. Rest of materials Rest of material designations within the same database that do not belong to the specified owner group.
Add New Owner Group	Subtab to add new owner groups for private or user-defined material data.
	Enter Owner Group Name	Designation of new owner group.