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How to disable Sheet-metal-parameter under Material-Database ?

Question asked by The Merovingien on Jul 8, 2020
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One recent addition SW2019 add the new sheet-tab under Material.

When we create custom material, the sheet-tab always appear.

The problem is when we want to apply that material to a body (PRT-weldment, so multi-body)

we get an error, and can't apply that material.

If we use the favorite, it work.

as we don't want-need "sheet-metal parameter" for that material, does anyone know how to disable it ?

that mean, return to normal material behaviour, like in 2018 and before.

others threads about it, but don't get my answer :

https://forum.solidworks.com/message/987406?commentID=987406#comment-987406?q=material%20sheet%20metal

https://forum.solidworks.com/message/1027429?q=material%20sheet%20metal

The Merovingien Jul 9, 2020 6:02 AM

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i compared the SW-material and saw the difference,

as SW years evolution,

it appear that many files are simply not updated (even by a real new fresh install)

like the other thread where i talk about the DOT...

one work-around is the use of favorite, but don't fix the problem.

of course, it's explained nowhere in the SW-help...

here is one solution :

set for each material, the sheet-tab to "thickness" (last choice), but put nothing under.

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The Merovingien Jul 8, 2020 4:27 AM
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also, i don't to want to link that material with sheet-metal information, or use any bend-gauge table.
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Kevin Chandler Jul 8, 2020 8:19 AM
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Hello,

I don't know how to disable this and it doesn't look like you can.

But with a weldment, I can apply a custom material (at the weldment level and at the item level) without any error, so I can replicate your issue (SW2019 sp5):

Kevin
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- The Merovingien @ Kevin Chandler on Jul 8, 2020 9:26 AM
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  Does your "custom material" have the tab "sheet-metal" ? in your custom material-library
  
  if we apply material by the "favorite" menu, it work.
  
  by the normal menu, no, message error.
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  - Kevin Chandler @ The Merovingien on Jul 8, 2020 9:31 AM
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    The Merovingien wrote:
    
    Does your "custom material" have the tab "sheet-metal" ? in your custom material-library
    
    if we apply material by the "favorite" menu, it work.
    
    by the normal menu, no, message error.
    When I select it from the favorites list (right-click material in the tree),. it works without any error.
    When I right-click material in the tree and select edit material and pick a custom material from the dialog, it also works without any error.
    
    This is the CRS SHEET material's dialog:
    
    I don't know what else I can add that may help you, sorry.
    
    Kevin
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The Merovingien Jul 8, 2020 10:36 AM
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Thanks, you help me to localise that problem,
I try like your setting, it work without error message.

Kevin Chandler what happen is use one material from your 5th folder "materials"

in my case, is a New-Custom-Library (folder 5)

not the default-Custom-Library of SW (folder 4 in picture)
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Frederick Law Jul 8, 2020 12:48 PM
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I don't use "Custom Materials" or "Solidworks Material".
I created a new one for my own material. I copy material from "Solidworks" and edit.
I notice I don't have table in Bend Calculation Table.
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Alex Lachance Jul 8, 2020 12:52 PM
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Mero,

I don't have that issue, is your gauge table linked to a material? Just a quick guess. I'm not quite sure I understand your question.

I use multi-body parts with different materials all the time, but I haven't created a new material in over 6 years. Maybe that is where your issue lies
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Alex Lachance Jul 8, 2020 12:54 PM
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And to respond to your other post, this is the setting for external references you are looking for:

I set it to ''Tous'' so that it loads all.
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- Frederick Law @ Alex Lachance on Jul 8, 2020 1:01 PM
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  Mine is "None".
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  - Alex Lachance @ Frederick Law on Jul 8, 2020 1:25 PM
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    I don't like having it to none, either ''On demand'' or ''All'' but then again I enforce a strict policy of not having external references unless required.
    
    I've had bugs when the reference was not loaded in previous versions. Sometimes, the reference would somehow revert itself to a previous state or a different configuration and that would make things go haywire.
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The Merovingien Jul 9, 2020 4:10 AM
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for the "Ext-Ref" problem, i will continue the talk in the "Why" thread.
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The Merovingien Jul 9, 2020 4:22 AM
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Alex, you are right,
i am using now SW2019 (real fresh new install, no sldreg)

i begin to create a fresh new "Custom-Material-Library" for the company.

so i created material "under SW2019"

i never had that problem before, SW2018 and before, the sheet-tab is a new feature in SW2019.

for the current material creation, i used "create a "New Library", choose where to save the file.
then create "new folder"
then i copy-paste one material from the "original SW folder 1 or 2" and pste in my new-custom-library.
i change the name, correct the color (no use of Real-View).

that's all i did.

but it seems it add SW add by default some information in the sheet-tab.
and that's blocking the use in multi-body (PRT-weldment)

Alex, you said your library was created before SW2019, so that's a hint to that new problem.
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The Merovingien Jul 9, 2020 6:02 AM
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i compared the SW-material and saw the difference,

as SW years evolution,
it appear that many files are simply not updated (even by a real new fresh install)

like the other thread where i talk about the DOT...

one work-around is the use of favorite, but don't fix the problem.

of course, it's explained nowhere in the SW-help...

here is one solution :
set for each material, the sheet-tab to "thickness" (last choice), but put nothing under.
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The Merovingien Jul 9, 2020 6:09 AM
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it's very strange to set "sheet-tab setting" to "use specified thickness"

if we intend to don't use that feature...

i hope that setting will give no problem, behaviour, in future use.
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