{"id":9,"date":"2007-12-08T22:15:20","date_gmt":"2007-12-09T05:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=9"},"modified":"2016-09-27T18:42:44","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T22:42:44","slug":"materials-database-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=9","title":{"rendered":"Materials Database Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><a title=\"ctopher SolidWorks material database library\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?page_id=4263\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Click here for the download page of the updated\u00a0<em>ctopher SolidWorks material database library<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Have you ever needed a material database that has more than the standard materials that comes with SolidWorks?<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"> Over the past eight years I have created solid models for military and commercial designs that required accurate 3D models to send to our customers for weight and FEA analysis.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">I have weighed the actual against the calculated weight from SolidWorks and the parts were very accurate, 98-100% accurate. Major aerospace companies were pleased.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">I created my own material database based on the materials used in these industries<\/span><del><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">; it is available on my site for free download: <\/span><\/del><\/span><del><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><em>Materials.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/del><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">[Updated 9\/2016 ML]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Sometime in the near future, I plan on expanding the material database to include materials requested by other SolidWorks users and friends. <span style=\"color: #993300;\">[Update 9\/2016 is now available at the link above. 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