Material manager: about

Introduction

The material manager is an interface facilitating materials management in a database. It comprises two working contexts:

  • Editing of databases: it permits the user to add, modify, import or delete materials and databases
  • Consultation of the databases: it allows the user to see and compare the information on materials and to compare the curves.

The context choice is done by the following buttons:

Working contexts

The editor context operates in « mono-material » mode, i.e. the user cannot open more than one material at a time.

The consultation context, however, works in « multi-materials » mode, making it possible to compare materials belonging to several databases.

Access / installation

The material manager is installed with Flux and it is accessible via the supervisor by clicking on the button:

Environment

A welcome window is available and explains the different components of the application. The icon to display or mask this window is: