Inventor 2019 Missing Material from Material Browser

[Anonymous]

I have finish my assembly and wanted to apply material to each part for stress analysis. But, my material list is empty. How do I get material?

[leowarren34]

Because you have changed the appearance but not the material of what the part is made up of...

Change it by selecting a material on the left drop down at top ribon where save are etc... It says material on it.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! Based on the Material Browser, it looks like you do not have a material library defined in your active project. Here is what you need to do.

1) Close all Inventor files.

2) Go to Get Started -> Project -> look at "Material Library" and "Appearance Library."

I bet you are missing a Material Library. You can use the default Inventor Material Library. It should be stored in "C:\Users\Public Documents\Autodesk\Inventor 2019\Design Data\Materials." If you cannot find the file, it means Inventor was not installed properly. You will need to do Repair Install (Control Panel -> All Programs -> Autodesk Inventor 2019 -> right-click -> Uninstall/Change) or Reinstall Inventor so you get the material library.

Many thanks!