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Problem when inserting material properties for new material in library

sanziana_moldoveanu
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Problem when inserting material properties for new material in library

sanziana_moldoveanu
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Hello!

 

I have created a new library of materials and also created new materials in that library. I am trying now to insert the mechanical characteristics for each material but it seems the software is just adding .000001 to the end of values by default. I am just doing copy paste to the values and then clicking save changes. I can't seem to make this not happen. Is there anything that needs to be set in advance? 

I have attached a screenshot of the problem!

Thanks!

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M.Douw9008
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Hello,
I have encountered this "problem" regularly. But as the added .0000..001 number is very small, I leave it simply that way. Allthough it does not look well... 
I presume it comes from the (internal) software recalculation of the units: f.i. you enter something in MPa, the software transforms it to something like lbs/square inch and stores it in that way, and then recalculates it back to MPa to show on the screen.
The same issue sometimes occur by entering beam distributed loads or Nodal weights.

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