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Altair Material Data Center
Altair Material Data Center (AMDC) provides accurate multi-domain material properties to enable the creation of sustainable, efficient, and lightweight designs.
AMDC Private Database
An administrator is provided access to the AMDC Dashboard to access specfic administrative related tasks to maintain up to date information in the Altair Material Database.
Create New Material Metadata
Add new metadata elements such as Material Type, Provider, Producer, Property, and Plot to define and organize material data in the database.

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What's New
Here’s a quick look at the latest features available with Altair One.
Overview
Explore collaborative access to simulation and data analytics technology plus scalable High Performance Computing (HPC) and cloud resources, all in one place with Altair One.
Tutorials
View a video to learn about the latest features of Altair One.
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Administrator Dashboard
Administrator Dashboard portal providing real-time license usage for Altair managed license subscriptions.
Account Administration
Altair Dashboard is an administrative portal providing real-time license usage for Altair managed license subscriptions.
Altair Marketplace
Altair Marketplace is a digital catalogue that you can use to find, try out, and buy Altair's and Altair Partner simulation applications and services.
Altair Material Data Center
Altair Material Data Center (AMDC) provides accurate multi-domain material properties to enable the creation of sustainable, efficient, and lightweight designs.
- Launch AMDC
  Altair Material Data Center is a web-based tool accessible through all leading browsers. Launch the application to access the Altair material data. You can customize and launch the application from Favorite Apps, on the Altair One Home page.
- AMDC Licenses
  AMDC provides license types such as Guest User, Viewer, Explorer, and ExplorerPlus. These are supported by Named User Licenses and Altair Units-based License models.
- Stick-Slip Material Database
  The Stick-Slip Database provides access to over 11,000 individual measurements covering a wide range of common materials available on the market.
- Integrated Desktop Applications
  Get instant access to an exhaustive database with thousands of simulation ready materials directly from within Altair desktop applications! This seamless integration automatically lists materials suitable for the application and lets users look up, search, compare and download CAE-ready material cards directly in the software.
- Whats New
  Here’s a quick look at the latest features available with Altair Material Data Center.
- Tutorials
  Discover the features of AMDC with step by step tutorials and videos.
- Search Materials
  Search a material or a list of materials using quick search, advanced search or scatter plots.
- Compare Materials
  Select one or more materials to compare the chosen materials data.
- Filter Materials
  Browse and filter materials using the predefined categories as filters in the left navigation pane that most suit your requirements.
- Similar Materials
  Find similar materials in terms of mechanical, thermal, or electrical properties.
- View Material Details
  Visualize advanced and accurate material properties and curves. Also, view material impact using Global Warming Potential (GWP) and set your data preferences.
- Export Material Data
  Export material data sheets with plots as a PDF and CAE simulation-ready material cards to your workstation or Altair Drive.
- Share Material Data
  Share material information in an email, document or message. Recipients of the link can view the material information in AMDC.
- Customize Materials Data View
  Customize the materials data in table view. Add, remove material properties as table columns, reorder the columns, and sort them.
- Set AMDC Theme
  Set theme of AMDC.
- Manage Favorites
  Create and maintain different lists of favorite materials to quickly access from the catalog or maintain a list of materials for your project.
- Set Preferences
  Update your material database view preferences.
- AMDC Private Database
  An administrator is provided access to the AMDC Dashboard to access specfic administrative related tasks to maintain up to date information in the Altair Material Database.
  - Launch Administrator Dashboard
    Only an administrator will have access to AMDC Administrator Dashboard.
  - Add Material Data
    Add material data using Data Edit and Import Materials functionalities on Admin Dashboard.
  - Publish Workflow
    Review material data and publish or unpublish it to the database.
  - Create New Material Metadata
    Add new metadata elements such as Material Type, Provider, Producer, Property, and Plot to define and organize material data in the database.
    - Search Material Metadata
      Search the catalog for existing material metadata such as properties, plots, types, producers, or providers.
    - Add a New Material Type
      Add a new material type to the database.
    - Add a New Material Provider
      You can add new material provider to the database.
    - Add a New Material Producer
      Add new material producer to the database.
    - Add a New Material Property
      Add a new single-point material property (e.g., Density, Thermal Conductivity, Young’s Modulus, Poisson's Ratio) to the database.
    - Add a New Material Plot
      Add a new multi-point material property (e.g., Stress-Strain plot) to the database.
  - Data Edit
    Administrators can preview, edit, add, delete, copy, and clone single-data, multi-data, plot data, numerical model values, and features of a material.
  - Customize Views
    Modify the properties displayed in material tiles and tables. You can add, remove, or reorder property fields shown on the material tile (rows) and in the table view (columns) to suit your display preferences.
- AMDC Archived Release Notes
  Here are the release notes for features and updates to Altair Material Data Center.
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Create New Material Metadata

Add new metadata elements such as Material Type, Provider, Producer, Property, and Plot to define and organize material data in the database.