Export and Import Materials Library with Excel

[lorrie_acord]

I would like to export or import my custom material library.

I add materials to our custom material library, including the appropriate tensile strength, yield strength, and density. If I could export the material list I could easily verify that they are correct. 

[Anonymous]

The current method of editing the material library is cumbersome and slow, especially if you need to add ~100 new materials.  It took me 2 hours just to change all of the existing Inventor material names to all caps.  Yes, some dinosaurs still require that.

[Anonymous]

I'm really surprised there isn't more demand for this. Anyone trying to automate CNC programming or panel optimization will require matching material databases. If you use a large amount of materials this will be a real pain.

[Anonymous]

Not sure yet if this is available through the Vault but I would love to be able to store material information as Vault items so:

a) I can update them in a central location and ensure all MEngs are referencing a single source of truth,

b) materials can be queried in 'where used' searches

c) I can export the materials library through a report run from the Vault

d) coatings can be applied to a part (or assembly) and I can track the processes and associated costs as part of our overall cost management.

Regards

Marty