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[juhu086]

I currently have multiple nonlinear materials defined through the Engineering Data section of Ansys Workbench. They all come from a predefined material library.nWhat is the easiest way to parameterize which material I'd like to assign to my different geometries? For example, if I have 5 bodies and 10 materials and I would like to run a study to see which material combination amongst those 5 bodies will give me the best results.nI have seen this post (https://www.padtinc.com/blog/can-i-parameterize-ansys-mechanical-material-assignments/) but was wondering if there is perhaps any other simpler way of doing this without requiring the need to create 'holder' geometries. nIs there a way to set the material ID for a material that was defined in the Engineering Data? If so then I could insert an APDL command without the need to create the 'holder' geometries.nAlternatively, for linear materials I understand how to parameterize material properties (ie Young's modulus, Poisson ratio). Is there an easy way to do this also for nonlinear materials (where your parameter is a vector/table instead of a value)?nThank you in advance.n

[peteroznewman]

nThis discussion shows how I have done it before.n/forum/discussion/9742/parametrizing-material-propertiesn

[BenjaminStarling]

nI am not sure which release, but a very recent one, if not 2021R1, this became a feature. You can parameterise your material assignment using the Material Assignment object under the Material Tree object. This obviously may not help you if you are limited to an earlier release.nn

[Tanmay Konnur]

Hi Benjamin, is it possible to parameterize material properties with respect to time using this functionality?