Solid Edge How to edit Material.mtl outside of Solid Edge

2021-10-06T23:56:28Z
PART/SHEETMETAL

Summary


Details

How do you edit the Material.mtl outside of Solid Edge?



Solution

Importing and exporting materials is performed in the Material table. The Save As and Import commands are located on the context menu when right-clicking on a material library. 

Save As (export) 
Use the Save As (or export) command to:
- Save the material library to a new name.
· Save the material library to Microsoft Office Excel Worksheet (.xls or .xlsx format). Note: You can edit and add custom properties in the Excel spreadsheet and then later import it to a new library. 

Import
Use the Import command to select a material library (.mtl) or an Excel file (.xls or .xlsx) to import. The active library materials are overwritten by the imported materials.
Note: If you want to merge the materials, import to a new library and then use Copy and Paste . 



Notes and References


Hardware/Software Configuration

Platform: INTL64
OS: windows
OS Version: 10_1903
Product: SOLID_EDGE
Application: PART/SHEETMETAL
Version: V219MP8
Function: TOOLS

Ref: 001-9631471

KB Article ID# PL8016192

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PART/SHEETMETAL: FLAT_PATTERN