Plate/Sheet Library
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Material Details
- Material Name: This title will be used to refer to the material throughout the software. It is recommended to give each a unique, descriptive name to more easily identify each material.
- Weight: The weight of the material per unit can be supplied here. This value is totally optional, but it will be used to calculate the total weight of the part in the part designer interfaces above the results table.
- Units: Plate parts can be measured in either inches or millimeters.
- Material Thickness: The thickness of the plate material will need to be provided here. Enter the value into the field on the part diagram.
- Color: The color of the plate material can be chosen using the Color button.
This color will be used to shade the material throughout the software.
Bending Radius List
The bending radius is the radius that the material can be bent to.
Add Plate/Sheet
Manual
To manually add a plate/sheet material to the library, click the Add New button. 
After this button is clicked, all the attribute fields will be available to enter data into. Once all the required details are provided, click the Save button 
to add the plate/sheet to the library.
Import
Plate/Sheet libraries from previous versions of the software can be imported into the current plate/sheet library. To do so, a valid plate library.txt file must be located on the desktop of the computer being used to run the software. If done correctly, the import library window will open when the Import button 
is clicked. On the left side, there will be a list of the current tubes in the die library. On the right, a list of tubes from the imported library will be shown.
To add a plate/sheet, select a tube in the Imported Library list by clicking on it and then hit the Add button. 
Click the OK button to finalize.
To add all plates/sheets, click the Add All button. 
Every plate/sheet from the Imported Library list will be added to the current die library. Click the OK button to finalize.
To remove a recently imported plate, select the plate from the Current Library list and click the Remove button. 
