Materials and Raw Materials in Engineering Definition

Introduction

Materials and Raw Materials have different definitions: You define them to describe from what Material/Raw Material the product is “made of”, or the material/raw material that is required for the product to be “manufactured”.

Material

Material is the matter that something is “made of”.

It has properties that are not related to the shape or dimensions of the “something

  • Examples:
    • Plastic
    • Wood
    • Glass
    • Copper


Raw Material

Raw Material represents the resource used in making something.

Raw Material has:

  • Dimensional properties like length and width
  • Properties coming from the Material, that the Raw Material is made of

Examples:

  • Copper wire 92.9 – 1.5%
  • Steel pipe 35
  • Iron plate 30 X75


Usage

You can define the Material within the engineering context, for the following purposes:

  • Physical simulation
  • Rendering visualization
  • Material compliancy

You can use the Raw Material in the Manufacturing and Procurement preparation context to describe the required quantities of Raw Material in these domains.

3DEXPERIENCE Platform roles:

In the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, you create the Materials in CATIA and SIMULIA apps.

In ENOVIA, you create Raw Materials, using the role “Specification Manager (XSR)”. This definition can then be reused by other users in their engineering/simulation definition.

In Manufacturing, the role “Manufacturing Items Engineer (MFN)” enables you to define the Raw Material within the manufacturing domain based on the Engineering Definition.

Usage in ENOVIA – Product Release Engineer

Materials

Depending on the need for usage, you can define the required materials in the Engineering definition as follows:

If the need is

Solution (in “Product Release Engineer” role)

  • Define Material that the Engineering Item is “Made of”
  • Quantity definition is not required



Example: Copper

  • Add “Core Material”
  • Add "Covering Material"


Where: tab “Material”


Supported for:

  • Part (Core/Covering Material)
  • Product (Covering Material only)


If the need is

Solution (in “Product Release Engineer” role)

  • Define Material that the Engineering Item consumes, to manufacture it
  • Quantity definition is required

Example: Glue, Oil and so on.

  • Add “Core Material”
  • Volume/Mass

A new Engineering Item is created and linked to the Core Material


Where: Command “New quantity of material”


Supported for:

  • Product (“Continuous Quantity Material”)


Raw Material

If the need is

Solution (in “Product Release Engineer” role)

  • Define Raw Material that the Engineering Item consumes, to manufacture it
  • Quantity definition is required

Example: Glue 600-T, Oil ISO-46 and so on.

  • Add “Raw Material
  • Select the Unit of Measure of the Raw Material
  • Raw Material is instantiated
  • No new Engineering Item


Where: Command “Existing Raw Material”


Supported for:

  • Product (“Continuous Quantity Material”)


If the need is

Solution (in “Product Release Engineer” role)

  • Define Raw Material that the Engineering Item is “Made Of”
  • Quantity definition is required

Example: Copper 3X35 wire

  • Add “Raw Material
  • Raw Material is linked to the Engineering Item
  • Select the Unit of Measure of the Raw Material
  • No new Engineering Item is created


Where: tab “Make From”


Supported for:

  • Part


The following videos describes these use cases in detail.