Material Mapping

The material properties part of the mapping file is used to map the equivalent material references between AVEVA E3D Design and Staad Pro.

* MATERIAL PROPERTIES

* STAAD Material,E3D Material,E,POISSON,DENSITY,ALPHA,DAMP

ISOTROPIC S420NSteel,/GR420I,2.05e+008,0.3,76.8195,1.2e-005,0.03

ISOTROPIC S355J0Steel,/GR355I,2.05e+008,0.3,76.8195,1.2e-005,0.03

ISOTROPIC SX310StainlessSteel,/GR310,2.05e+008,0.3,76.8195,1.2e-005,0.03

ISOTROPIC S355J2Steel,/GR355,2.05e+008,0.3,76.8195,1.2e-005,0.03

ISOTROPIC S275JRSteel,/GR275,2.05e+008,0.3,76.8195,1.2e-005,0.03

There must be a line in the mapping file for each material used in Staad Pro and its equivalent AVEVA E3D Design material reference.

The material reference mapping consists of columns delimited by ',' .The description of the columns are:

• ISOTROPIC or 2DORTHOTROPIC followed by the Staad pro material

• The equivalent AVEVA E3D Design material reference

• E

• Poisson ratio

• Density

• Alpha

• Damp

Export

On export, any profiles with a matref set to /GR275 have the member property set to S275JRSteel. For example:

MATERIAL S275JRSteel MEMB -

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

And the material property is output as:

ISOTROPIC S275JRSteel

E 2.05e+008

POISSON 0.3

DENSITY 76.8195

ALPHA 1.2e-005

DAMP 0.03

If the matref is not set, or the material cannot be found in the mapping file, an appropriate warning is output, and the output is set to generic STEEL with equivalent default properties.

Import

On import, profiles with a material value of S275JRSteel from Staad Pro have the ISECT matref set to /GR275.

This allows the compare functionality to check for any changes to the equivalent GENSECs in their material reference.