The Material Data Browser provides an overview of any material within the current database. For each material, you can view a Material Diagram Control and a summary of its property and attribute data.
To open the Material Data Browser, click Tools > Material Data Browser. You can also open the browser by clicking Data from within the following dialog boxes:
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Filter Builder dialog box
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Modifier Builder dialog box
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Add Associated Material dialog box
Material list
Select the component data to view. The list includes all the component types within
the current database organized in a tree view format. As in Windows Explorer, you click 
and 
to navigate through the tree view, expanding and closing nodes to show and hide materials.
Materials are divided into item groups, such as Valves, Flanges, Fittings, and so
on. Each item group is further divided into specific component types, such as Gate
Valve, Backing Flange, Concentric Reducer, and so on.
Material Diagram Control
Provides a diagrammatic representation of the currently selected material. When you select a specific component in the Material list, the diagram control displays the appropriate material. Each of the horizontal tabs that run along the bottom of the diagram represents a different diagrammatic view of the selected component type.
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Engineering Tab displays a detailed representation of the component type with dimensions and bores labeled and is most useful to piping engineers.
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Stick Tab displays a stick diagram of the internal representation of the component type used by Smart Isometrics. The stick diagram displays a series of nodes, referred to as keypoints that are connected by lines (or sticks), referred to as legs.
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SKEY Tab displays the isometric representation used by Isogen and Smart Isometrics.
Material Data Tree View
Displays a summary of defined property and attribute information for the selected component.