Later, when the user wants to view materials that were stored in a given tagset, it can be picked from a list and applied to the browse list. User defined filters can also be stored and recalled for later use. Attributes are selected and assigned from a pick list. New attributes can be created on the fly during materials definition. Material Properties DeccaPro comes with a large number of pre-defined property data definitions.
Orthotropic properties are also pre-defined to facilitate storing reinforced plastics data.
When defining a material category, the user can set which default properties should be assigned to a new material having that category. When a new material is being defined, the user can assign the default properties based on the material category selected. In addition, the user can assign properties from the list of all defined material properties or add a new property to use. Property data can be entered in US or SI units. Material Attributes Features, uses and processes are material attributes.