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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">Customizing the Material Library</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">The Progressive Die Wizard (PDW) comes with three materials. You can add any SAE or other standard materials to the material library database spreadsheet using the material properties found in various handbooks.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Database file access</div>
      <p class="para_division">You can access the material library database spreadsheet using the Project Initialization dialog box, or you can use the file system to locate either spreadsheet file:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">&lt;PDIEWIZARD_DIR&gt;/pre_process\english/process_data.xls</p>
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            <p class="para_item">&lt;PDIEWIZARD_DIR&gt;/pre_process\metric/process_data.xls</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Spreadsheet content</div>
      <p class="para_division">The spreadsheet contains a number of sheets, including Material definition, K-Coefficient definition, burring factors, material springback definition, and so on. </p>
      <p class="para_division">As soon as you define a material, PDW can use the information in subsequent operations, such as force calculation.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Defining a new material</div>
      <p class="para_division">To define a new material, enter the name in the material sheet, then add the name and properties to the k_coef and springback sheets (optional).</p>
      <p class="para_division">The material is then available in the material pull-down menu in the initialization dialog box. </p>
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