Importing Material Library to Solidworks
Johan Anderson | Marketing | SSAB Special Steels
johan.anderson@ssab.com
SSAB, SE-61380 Oxelösund, Sweden
SSAB SPECIAL STEELS
The “ssab.sldmat” file needs to be accessed by the other users wanting to use the custom materials. This
is done through SOLIDWORKS itself. Go to the dropdown menu Tools on the toolbar and select Options.
From here, under System Options select File Locations.
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Importing Material Library to Solidworks
Select Material Databases on the drop-down menu under ‘Show folders for’. Here, select Add before
browsing and clicking Select Folder in the folder where the “ssab.sldmat” file you shared is now located.
Once this has been added, exit the dialog box by selecting OK.
Johan Anderson | Marketing | SSAB Special Steels
johan.anderson@ssab.com
SSAB, SE-61380 Oxelösund, Sweden
SSAB SPECIAL STEELS
Your shared custom materials should now be accessible. In this example here the “ssab.sldmat” file is
simply shared using a network drive so it is then easy for anyone on the network to add to their material
database.
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