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Altair Material Data Center
Altair^® Material Data Center^TM (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.
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.
Customize Properties
Add, remove, modify, or rearrange properties displayed in the Properties tab of the AMDC Datasheet.

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Altair Material Data Center
Altair^® Material Data Center^TM (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.
- Materials Copilot
  AI assistant for 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.
  - Manage Material Data
    This chapter guides you how to launch and use the Authoring Tools in AMDC. It explains where to find these tools on the viewer page and the permissions you need to access them.
  - 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.
  - 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.
    - Customize Rows on Material Tiles
      Add, remove, or reorder material properties displayed on tiles for all materials or specific material types.
    - Customize Columns for Table View
      Add, remove, or reorder property columns shown in the Table view.
    - Customize Filters
      Create, modify, and delete a filter.
    - Customize Properties
      Add, remove, modify, or rearrange properties displayed in the Properties tab of the AMDC Datasheet.
    - Customize PDF Datasheet
      Add, delete, or rearrange single-point material properties and plots shown in the PDF Datasheet.
- AMDC Archived Release Notes
  Here are the release notes for features and updates to Altair Material Data Center.
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Customize Properties

Add, remove, modify, or rearrange properties displayed in the Properties tab of the AMDC Datasheet.

Add Property

Open AMDC Application Catalog > AMDC Datasheet > Tabs > Properties.
This section displays all properties grouped as they appear in the Properties tab.
Select the required property in the Base Catalog.
Figure 1. Add Property to Application Catalog
Click the toggle (Drag and Drop Behaviour) button to move to add material properties from Base Catalog to Application Catalog .
Drag and drop the property into the desired group under the Properties tab in Application Catalog.

Rearrange Property

Navigate to AMDC Application Catalog > AMDC Datasheet > Tabs > Properties.
Click the toggle (Drag and Drop Behaviour) button to copy to rearrange material properties within Application Catalog .
Drag and drop properties within a group to change their order.
Rearrange the properties as you wish in the Properties tab.

Remove Property

Select the property and then click next to the property you want to remove.
Select Delete item from the menu.
The property is removed from the Properties tab for the user.