{"id":55341,"date":"2017-10-31T13:06:42","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T13:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/reply\/55341\/"},"modified":"2017-10-31T13:06:42","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T13:06:42","slug":"55341","status":"publish","type":"reply","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/55341\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply To: Engineering Data: Making the list longer than Structural Steel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Default Materi<\/strong><strong>al<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Structural Steel is the default solid material in ANSYS Mechanical (and AIM).<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>However, if you are always working in a different material, you can change the default material for new projects.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Open Engineering Material, press the Engineering Data Sources button at the top, then select Favorites.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Right click on the material you want and select Default Solid Material. This shows Aluminum being selected.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/3e825b35-df61-45f5-9693-a81101684b62\/d4088a22-b807-4785-a3fd-a81d00d7845d_material-default.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Now all new bodies brought into Mechanical will automatically be Aluminum.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-55341","reply","type-reply","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Default Material Structural Steel is the default solid material in ANSYS Mechanical (and AIM). However, if you are always working in a different material, you can change the default material for new projects. Open Engineering Material, press the Engineering Data Sources button at the top, then select Favorites. 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