Using XFdtd's Materials Library

XFdtd Release 7 contains a standard materials database. This Materials Library contains over 250 material definitions, most of which are generic conductors and dielectrics commonly used by Remcom’s customers. The library also includes the full catalog of materials from Rogers Corporation, with collections from additional vendors to follow later this year.

To use the Materials Library, go to View > Libraries. This opens the Libraries window. By default you will see the collection of Materials from the Libraries folder of the XFdtd install directory.

What to do if you do not see a list:
Click the ‘Load an existing XFdtd library’ button at the top of the Libraries window and browse to C:\Program Files\Remcom\XFdtd 7.x.x (your current version)\libraries. Now click on each Materials folder individually and click OK. This will load the Materials libraries into the Libraries window.

Click on the desired Materials folder (or hold Ctrl and click to select multiple) and then click ‘Materials’ in the ‘Filters’ section of the window. This will produce a list of Materials in the sub-window below.

Select the desired Materials and drag and drop them onto 'Materials' under the ‘Definitions’ menu in the XFdtd project tree. You can add more Materials from the library as needed.

Note: After dragging and dropping the Materials from the library to the project tree, you will see an invalid exclamation point next to most Materials. This is due to the undefined parameter 'materialFrequency.' You will need to create this parameter to make the Materials valid.

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