Steel Class Question

[lctilley]

We use several different classes of steel such as A572-65 or A572-50 etc. Does anyone know if there is a way to add those values in Inventor 2014 without having to reinvent the wheel?

[chad38]

I do it within a custom iProperty.

Name = TYPE    

Value = A569(example)

Type = Text

[lctilley]

Thanks Chad. I appreciate it. I have no clue so that gives me a point to start with. If I find anything else out about it I will post it.

[lctilley · Accepted solution]

First let me apologize for not calling my problem by the correct name. It was not "class", it was "grade". Anyway I solved our problem for our Grades or Steel. Here's what I did.

I went into the Material Browser in the quick access toolbar, found the Steel ASTM 572 grade. Under the Document Materials area of the browser I picked the A572 and the picked the edit button on the far right.  This brings up the Material Editor. I went to the Physical tab and checked the Yield Strength and Tensile Strength against the Steel book. The default A572 material is actually A572-50. I left it as is and got out of it. Then I went to the bottom left corner of the Material Browser and there is an option to create a new material. I copied and renamed the A572 to A572-50 and copied it again, checked the Yield Strength and Tensile Strength against the Steel book for A572-65, edited those values and named it A572-65. Once you know how and if you have a Steel book and know how to look up those values it’s a piece of cake.

The problem was that I couldn’t find any of this documented anywhere. I hope this helps someone else. I'm sure others have already figured this out but it was a big deal to me.

Lloyd