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Materials - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial

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Materials

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- [Instructor] The material you choose for your part is going to have everything to do with how it's going to perform in its function. Now, I have a couple different options of the way I can apply material to a part inside of Solidworks, and if you look over here on the left hand side, you can see here under Cast Alloy Steel, I've already selected that as my material, and if I want to change that material, I can easily right click, and click on edit material, or choose from one of my favorites down here. If I click on edit material, notice I get a full list of all the different types of steels, irons, aluminum, copper, titanium, and so on that I can choose from. I can even create my own custom materials down here, or select from any of the available options. Now, if I go ahead and choose something like an aluminum alloy, a really common alloy is 6061, so let's go down here and choose 6061 Alloy, and notice that is a generalized alloy. It's not specific on the temper. Now, the temper…

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