Setting material properties for imported files

[Aaronm87]

Is there an easy way to set materials for imported parts? We import a lot of customer data via STEP or IGES files and need to set either the density or the material, but they all need to be the same. The goal is to set the import files near zero and add a cube with the correct weight and CG location. I had a process in Creo 5, but we just updated to Creo 10 and that process no longer works.

[Chris3 · Accepted solution]

Options:

1. For step, you can ask your content creators to export out to a format that includes the density in the step file.
2. You can set intf_in_use_template_models yes so that your imported geometry uses your start parts and get whatever you have set your start parts to be
3. You can run a mapkey that assigns a material of your choice to the file after it has been imported.
4. You can assign a mass and CG using the file->  prepare -> model properties -> mass properties -> change -> define properties by fully assigned and use the "assigned mass" radio box when using analysis -> Mass properties
5. You can select all of the components in the model tree (assuming an assembly) after import and right click on them and choose "edit materials" and then assign a material file to all of them at once 

[Aaronm87]

Thanks!  Option 5 worked perfectly!