How can I read out the exported material data file (.mdf)

- January 18, 2022 at 9:15 am
  
  SunnyECNU
  Subscriber
  
  Hi, I have recently exported the database of the material's index, and the file format is .mdf. I wonder whether or not I could use matlab to read the data out and how? If not which one I should use to reach out to the data.
- January 19, 2022 at 7:26 pm
  
  Kyle
  Ansys Employee
  
  The MDF files are used to transfer material databases between Lumerical simulation files. They can be imported by the Material Database using the "Import Material File" button:
  I don't think there is a way to read them out in another program. If you want to access the material data, you can do so with the getmaterial command in a script.