Create a new custom material - PV Elite - Help - Hexagon

1. Click Tools > Edit/Add Materials and select the ASME, PD 5500, or EN-13445 material database.

2. Click Add .

   A new row named New Material appears in the grid of the Material Database view in the right pane.

3. In the Material Properties view in the left pane, type values for the new material.

   As you type values, check the Stress vs. Temperature graph in the right pane. Stress must not increase as temperature decreases.

4. Repeat these steps for each new material that you want to add.

5. Click Save to save the new material to a user database file.

6. Click Merge to add the user database to the material database of the software.

After merging, the custom material now appears at the bottom of the material database list for any command using the material database in PV Elite or CodeCalc.