Hints & Tips—The CES EduPack Bulletin
The quarterly CES EduPack Bulletin is available to anyone with an interest in materials education—simply register to receive it. It provides sample teaching resources for free download, teaching case studies, hints and tips for users, and the latest EduPack news. See recent issues below.
Hints and tips
A complete list of hints and tips from recent Bulletins:
Help
- Getting started with CES EduPack (guides and video tutorials)
- How to find detailed help and background information through CES Help
- Accessing teaching resources
Data
- Accessing different databases in CES EduPack
- Accessing level 2 property information—using subsets to access eco and durability options
- Using subsets with more advanced datasets—galvanic potentials for stainless alloys
- Accessing the MMPDS aerospace alloy data
- Viewing and using functional data
- Database subsets
- Using favorites to create a custom subset
- Custom subsets
- Adding a user-defined material
- Hiding records which contain estimates
Graphs, charts, selection, presentation
- Making materials property charts
- Applying a simple limit constraint during selection
- Graphing penalty functions—plotting curved selection lines in CES EduPack
- Making bar charts
- Some tips for advanced graphs (compound properties, grouping materials)
- Using material indices in CES EduPack and CES Selector
- Display properties
- Displaying average values instead of ranges
- Copying charts and information
- Temporarily enabling/disabling selection stages
- Tracking the development of new materials using the 'date first used' attribute
Reference information
Eco Audit
- Finding and using the Eco Audit Tool
- Opening Eco Audit Tool project files (".prd" files)
- Help in the Eco Audit Tool (documentation of methodology & data sources)
- Dynamic eco comparisons
Advanced
- Support for FE/CAD packages
- CES EduPack cost models
- [Video Tip] Using reference materials on charts in CES Selector 2012
Granta's Teaching Resources
- How to find resources relevant to your subject area
- How to get the user name and password
- "I know you have Powerpoint resources on x... How do I find it quickly again?
- How to submit your teaching resources
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