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Adding new materials
tj_thorniley
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How do we add new materials? One of the parts in my new design is a light polarizing film. Apparently, it's usually a thin sheet of polyvinyl alcohol plastic (PVA/PVOH), but it's not available in the drop-down menu.
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@tj_thorniley - https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/7841/improvements-to-onshape-december-4th-2017#latest
Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEA5 -
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1.19 g/cm³ * 1/1000 kg/g * = .00119 kg/cm³
.00119 kg/cm³ * 100 cm/m * 100 cm/m * 100 cm/m = 1190 kg/m³
Jake Rosenfeld - Modeling Team1 -
I see here a unit translation challenge
1.19 g/cm³ (g->0.001 kg, cm->0.01 m) = 1.19 * 0.001 kg /(0.01 m)³ = 1.19 * 0.001 / (0.01)³ kg/m³ = 1190 kg/m³
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Hi @tj_thorniley. Adding custom materials is a highly requested feature. Please add your vote for that feature in the improvement requests here on the forum.
We don't provide time tables for when features will be released, but we absolutely use the votes from customers to prioritize the work.
-JohnJohn Rousseau / VP, Technical Operations / Onshape Inc.0 -
@tj_thorniley, You can vote for the IR here:
https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/4010/user-defined-materials-or-adding-a-weight-for-a-part#latest
Currently, this is the second most voted IR. Please add your vote.0 -
@tj_thorniley - https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/7841/improvements-to-onshape-december-4th-2017#latest
Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEA5 -
Way more complicated than it ought to be. But thanks all the same. I'll give it a shot.-1
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Quick question about adding custom density:
According to Wikipedia, the density of polyvinyl alcohol plastic is ~1.19 g/cm³.
Does that make it 1190 kg/m³?
Or .0119 kg/m³?0 -
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matweb.com is a good resourceSenior Director, Technical Services, EMEA0
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1.19 g/cm³ * 1/1000 kg/g * = .00119 kg/cm³
.00119 kg/cm³ * 100 cm/m * 100 cm/m * 100 cm/m = 1190 kg/m³
Jake Rosenfeld - Modeling Team1 -
I see here a unit translation challenge
1.19 g/cm³ (g->0.001 kg, cm->0.01 m) = 1.19 * 0.001 kg /(0.01 m)³ = 1.19 * 0.001 / (0.01)³ kg/m³ = 1190 kg/m³
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