Add Material dialog

Opens when the Add material tool is selected in the Sections and Materials group on the Catalog ribbon tab.

Setting	Description
Source	Select one of the following options: Catalog - Used to select one of the included STAAD.Pro material definitions. Model - Used to select catalog materials previously added to your current model. User Database - Used to select custom materials previously saved in your user database.
Type	Select the type of member to use: Standard — Used to select a standard material grade from the catalog. Custom — Used to specify custom material properties and strengths. Generic — Used to create a set of generic material properties.

Standard Type

Property	Value
Specification	Select the type of material used from the drop-down list of materials.
Name	Select the material name from the list. Some materials, such as steel, have multiple entries representing different material grades.

Custom Type

Property	Value
Specification	Select the appropriate material specification to which this custom material will be added.
Name	Type a name used to later identify the custom material.
E	(Steel only) Specifies the modulus of elasticity (i.e., Young's Modulus).
G	(Steel only) Specifies the shear modulus.
Possion	"Poisson's ratio",ν, the ratio of transverse strain to strain in the direction of load.
Density	The weight density of the material.
Alpha	Coefficient of thermal expansion.
Damp	Damping ratio to be used in computing the modal damping by the composite damping method in a dynamic analysis when `CDAMP` has been specified. Damping must be in the range of 0.001 to 0.990.
Fy	(Steel only) Yield strength.
Fu	(Steel only) Ultimate tensile strength.
Ry	(Steel only) Yield strength ratio
Rt	(Steel only) Tensile strength ratio
Fcu	(Concrete only) Ultimate compressive strength of concrete.

Generic Type

Property	Value
Material name	Type a unique name used to identify the generic material.

Additionally, you must define E, G, Poisson, Density, Alpha, and Damp values for generic materials. See the description for custom materials for definitions.