Adding Materials to the Materials List

Use this procedure to add a material to the materials list.

To add a material...

1.   From the Tools menu, select Manage materials.

      Alternately, right-click any component type or group in the Component Explorer tree and then select Manage materials from the pop-up menu.

The Materials editor dialog box appears.

Ø    Tip: If you access the Materials editor using the Tools menu you can edit the materials lists for all design libraries. If you access the editor by right-clicking on a component type or group, you can only edit the materials list for the current design library open in Explorer.

2.   Right click and select New from the context menu.

A new set of empty data cells appears at the bottom of the materials list.

3.   Enter the name for the new material (must be unique).

4.    If you wish to provide a description, double click on the new material to open its property view.  Here you may provide the description.

5.   Do one of the following:

• Click OK to apply changes to the database and close the dialog box

• Click Apply to apply changes to the database without closing the dialog box

• Click Cancel to exit the dialog box without making any changes to the database

6.   Repeat steps 2 to 5 for each addition to the materials list.