MaterCommand

Mater Command

mater - get and set material properties. Parameters are set as part of alagator.

Synopsis

mater

[list] [bulk] [all]

[add]
[name = <c>]
[alias = <c>]

[ white | black | red | green | blue | aquamarine | brown | purple | cyan | turquoise | magenta | grey | yellow | pink | wheat | salmon ]      

Description

This command allows the user to create and modify solution names and set conditions for their inclusion in the assembly. Solutions can also be listed and checked.

add

Create a new materal.

name

The character string used for the material. Capitalization is not ignored. "Silicon" and "silicon" are different. Abbreviations of the name are also not accepted.

alias

This how you get around the problems created by "Capitalization is not ignored. "Silicon" and "silicon" are different. Abbreviations of the name are also not accepted." A user can create shorthand names, different capitalizations, and abbreviations to the main name.

color

Define a default color to be used when plotting this material.

list, all, bulk

The list option will list all of the currently defined materials in the active structure. All will list all materials that have been defined, even if they ar not currently present. Bulk modifies both of the previous options to list bulk materials only and not interfaces.

Examples

mater name=Silicon green alias=Si

Create a material name Silicon with an alias of Si and set the default color to green.

mater list

Return a list of all materials in the current structure.

mater list bulk

Return a list of all bull materials in the current structure.