How to add materials from library to project by script?

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Is there any way in ACT script to import materials from library to the current mechanical project? I want to do the materials add function(Click to add the material to the project) by ACT script or other, is there any way？

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Abel Ramos

Hello, I think you could take a look at this post:

"How do I communicate with the Project Page from within Mechanical?"

https://discuss.ansys.com/discussion/2478/how-do-i-communicate-with-the-project-page-from-within-mechanical?utm_source=community-search&utm_medium=organic-search&utm_term=workbench+script+from+mechanical

You should be able to run a wb script (following the previous example) to load materials from the libraries, with something similar to this:

This example loads the Silicon Anisotropic material properties from the General_Materials library

favorites1 = EngData.LoadFavoriteItems()
library1 = EngData.OpenLibrary(
    Name="General Materials",
    Source="General_Materials.xml")
system1 = GetSystem(Name="SYS")
engineeringData1 = system1.GetContainer(ComponentName="Engineering Data")
matl1 = engineeringData1.ImportMaterial(
    Name="Silicon Anisotropic",
    Source="General_Materials.xml")

I hope this information helps.

Best Regards,