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Homeworking	I want to undertake in depth material selection for my project and have heard of Granta (CES) EduPack; is this available to me? FAQ Direct Link	There used to be a student version of EduPack which could be installed on personal devices but unfortunately since Ansys took over the product this is no longer available. Granta EduPack is installed on the University Windows Virtual Desktops and is also available on the JW308 Digital Design and Manufacture Studio (DDMS) and JW706 Studio computers. The premier book on materials selection for product designers, following the same procedures as EduPack is available as an Ebook from the library Ashby, M., Johnson, K., & Elsevier. (2014). Materials and design : The art and science of material selection in product design / [internet resource] (Third ed.). https://suprimo.lib.strath.ac.uk/permalink/f/k7ss9a/SUALMA51121414020002996 Often knowing what other things are made and how they are made is a good starting point for material selection. We also have the ebook online for this excellent book: Lefteri, C. (2012). Making it [internet resource] : Manufacturing techniques for product design (2nd ed.). London: Laurence King Pub. https://suprimo.lib.strath.ac.uk/permalink/f/k7ss9a/SUALMA5185815460002996 SolidWorks has an extensive materials library and the analysis done in SolidWorks linked with the materials library is a very effective way of selecting and justifying materials choices. Another amazing feature of our SolidWorks license is that it has the Matereality (https://www.matereality.com/about) materials selection database built in. Here is a video providing a quick demonstration https://youtu.be/iUhmK-qSRAU

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Homeworking

I want to undertake in depth material selection for my project and have heard of Granta (CES) EduPack; is this available to me?

FAQ Direct Link

There used to be a student version of EduPack which could be installed on personal devices but unfortunately since Ansys took over the product this is no longer available.

Granta EduPack is installed on the University Windows Virtual Desktops and is also available on the JW308 Digital Design and Manufacture Studio (DDMS) and JW706 Studio computers.

The premier book on materials selection for product designers, following the same procedures as EduPack is available as an Ebook from the library Ashby, M., Johnson, K., & Elsevier. (2014). Materials and design : The art and science of material selection in product design / [internet resource] (Third ed.). https://suprimo.lib.strath.ac.uk/permalink/f/k7ss9a/SUALMA51121414020002996

Often knowing what other things are made and how they are made is a good starting point for material selection. We also have the ebook online for this excellent book: Lefteri, C. (2012). Making it [internet resource] : Manufacturing techniques for product design (2nd ed.). London: Laurence King Pub. https://suprimo.lib.strath.ac.uk/permalink/f/k7ss9a/SUALMA5185815460002996

SolidWorks has an extensive materials library and the analysis done in SolidWorks linked with the materials library is a very effective way of selecting and justifying materials choices. Another amazing feature of our SolidWorks license is that it has the Matereality (https://www.matereality.com/about) materials selection database built in. Here is a video providing a quick demonstration https://youtu.be/iUhmK-qSRAU