2.2.9.1. Material mapping without ERP integration

For PARTsolutions without ERP integration, an additional "virtual" CNSMAT column is displayed. Select the desired material there before exporting parts.

The "Enter value [Enter value] " dialog box opens after clicking in the CNSMAT column.

The following overview shows the interdependencies:

Preparations
- To display the CNSMAT column in the table, you must activate the option Show material selection under PARTdataManager -> Tools [Extras] -> Settings [Preferences] -> Table to activate the Show material selection option.
  
  Show material selection
- Configuration files concerning PARTsolutions
  
  On the left side: $CADENAS_SETUP/material.cfg - On the right side: $CADENAS_SETUP/material.def
  1. $CADENAS_SETUP/material.cfg
    The PARTsolutions materials that can be selected in the CNSMAT column are stored in the configuration file material.cfg
    Following the given structure you can add own materials anytime.
    The block name in squared brackets contains the topic.
    The keys contain the following information:
    desc: Default term. This is displayed in the PARTdataManager if no translations are stored in the material.def file.
    Density
    DensityUnitBase: Basic unit for density
  2. $CADENAS_SETUP/material.def
    The file contains the translation terms of the materials. These terms are displayed in the PARTdataManager displayed.
    
    Important
    The block name here is NOT the generic term for this material from material.cfg, but the value that is set in the "desc" entry.
In the PARTdataManager open the Enter value dialog before exporting by clicking in the corresponding field in the CNSMAT column.

The "Enter value [Enter value] " dialog box opens after clicking in the CNSMAT column.

The translation of the material stored in material.def is displayed.

Configuration files relating to the CAD system (here for Inventor as an example)

Please ensure that all used PARTsolutions materials are correctly mapped onto the respective CAD system materials.

On the left side: Inventor/Design Data/MaterialMapping.xml - On the right side: $CADENAS_SETUP/ifadeskinv.cfg

$CADENAS_SETUP/If<cadname>.cfg

In the [MatMap] block, the PARTsolutions material name (to the left of the actual-equal sign) is linked to the CAD material name (to the right of the actual-equal sign).

	Important
	The PARTsolutions material name is from material.cfg, however, in this case NOT the description (desc), but the topic (block name in squared brackets).

Public Documents \ AutoDesk \ Inventor \ Design Data – MaterialMapping.xml
The Inventor XML file with all materials available in Inventor. Here you will find the internal Inventor material name, which you must enter in $CADENAS_SETUP/ifadeskinv.cfg in the [MatMap] block. The internal name is directly marked as such:
```
<Style InternalName= „<NUMBER>:<MATERIALNAME> “
```
Alternatively you can export a part to Inventor, there, call up the iProperties, and here, on the tabbed page „Physical“, look up the exact material name in the list field.

Look up physical properties at PARTdataManager
PARTdataManager -> Extras menu -> Physical properties of the component [Physical properties of the part]
If you have entered the corresponding values in the above-mentioned PARTsolutions configuration files for a material you have added yourself, the PARTdataManager Density and the other physical properties are now calculated correctly.
Material attribute in the CAD system
Example by reference to Inventor: Inventor iProperties -> tabbed page "Custom"
The following figure shows the respective translated material name when selecting CNS_CNSMAT (here exemplified the German name).

Inventor iProperties -> tabbed page "Custom" -> CNS_CNSMAT
Physical properties of the transferred component in the CAD system
Example by reference to Inventor: Inventor iProperties –> tabbed page "Physical"
The following figure shows that the PARTsolutions material has been correctly mapped to the Inventor material and the mass has been calculated by the material values of Inventor.

Inventor iProperties -> tabbed page "Physical"

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