You can use the Property module to perform the following tasks:

• Define materials.

• Define beam section profiles.

• Define sections.

• Assign sections, orientations, normals, and tangents to parts.

• Define composite layups.

• Define a skin reinforcement.

• Define inertia (point mass, rotary inertia, and heat capacitance) on a part.

• Define springs and dashpots between two points or between a point and ground.

• “Entering and exiting the Property module,” Section 12.1

• “Understanding properties,” Section 12.2

• “Which properties can I assign to a part?,” Section 12.3

• “Understanding the Property module editors,” Section 12.4

• “Using material libraries,” Section 12.5

• “Using the Property module toolbox,” Section 12.6

• “Creating and editing materials,” Section 12.7

• “Defining general material data,” Section 12.8

• “Defining mechanical material models,” Section 12.9

• “Defining thermal material models,” Section 12.10

• “Defining other types of material models,” Section 12.11

• “Creating and editing sections,” Section 12.12

• “Creating and editing composite layups,” Section 12.13

• “Assigning sections, orientations, normals, and tangents to a part,” Section 12.14

• “Using the Special menu in the Property module,” Section 12.15

• “Using the Query toolset to obtain assignment information,” Section 12.16