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Using the Autodesk Material Library

7/12/2019

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Which library are you using for the materials of your Autodesk® Inventor® Parts?  Are you aware that the Autodesk® Material Library is also installed when Inventor is installed?  If you have looked in that material library, you will have noticed it has a pretty exhaustive list of materials for you to use.  
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For example, where the Inventor® Material Library has just 11 grades of Aluminum, the Autodesk Material Library has 45 grades of aluminum. It also contains a wider variety of grades of Steel. An added benefit is that the Autodesk Material Library is a shared library among Inventor®, AutoCAD®, Revit®, and 3DS Max®, so using these materials will make transitioning between products easier. Here's a screenshot of the Material Library:
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​We suggest taking a look at the wider variety of materials available in the Autodesk® Material Library. If you like those materials, it is possible to set the Autodesk® Material Library as the active Material and/or Appearance Library in any Autodesk® Inventor® Project.
 
It is also possible to copy those materials to your Inventor® Material Library, or a custom Library, specific to your company’s standards. 
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Kelly link
4/25/2022 08:31:14 am

Thanks a lot for sharing this. Makes my work a lot easier.

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