To create a material, select Material
Create from the main menu bar. An Edit Material dialog box appears in which you can enter a name for the material and create or edit material properties. The material editor is shown in Figure 12–3.
Note:
Once you have created a material, it cannot be renamed using the material editor; you must use MaterialRename to change the name of an existing material.
Material Behaviors list
A list of the behaviors you have included in the material definition.
Behavior menu
A set of menus beneath the behavior list from which you select material behaviors.
Behavior definition area
The lower portion of the window in which the parameters, tabular data fields, and suboptions associated with a selected behavior appear.
Note:
You can display help on particular aspects of the editor that are not discussed here by selecting HelpOn Context from the main menu bar and then clicking the editor feature of interest. A help window will appear containing a relevant section from this manual, from the ABAQUS Analysis User's Manual, or from the ABAQUS Keywords Reference Manual.
