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Why the density constant does not look correct in the Material Properties tab?

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      In metric, density is already in mass/volume, but engineers using the British Inch system often are accustomed to using Weight Density. So for aluminum it is .1 lbf/in^3. Since this is not mass density, one needs to divide by gravity. So take .1/386.1 and you will have that number.