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This page provides access to support, documentation, and free resources.

Education users - see also the Teaching Resources area in the Education section of this site.

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Documentation

You can access quick-start guides and release notes for:

More extensive documentation is shipped with the products, available on product CDs, or available from the Granta Knowledgebase (above).

Free / sample materials data and resources

See also: MatData.net - a search engine for material information providing access to a range of valuable information sources (some free-to-access, some require subscription)

Teaching resource site - this includes some free materials selection charts.

Below is a a collection of free sample materials information and publications, provided as a service to our users and website visitors.

MIL-HDBK-5H Metallic Materials and Elements for Aerospace - an older version of the authoritative reference for aerospace design allowable values, in PDF format. Later versions, renamed MMPDS, are available as a data module from Granta (more...).
Hardness Conversion Charts - charts of Hardness Numbers plotted against Vickers Hardness, including Rockwell, Knoop, Shore, Brinell and Mohs.
Solutions to Standard Problems - a compilation of solutions to standard problems in the design and use of Structural Sections.
Designations and Equivalents - tables of equivalent national and international designation systems for Ferrous Metals, Aluminum Alloys, Magnesium Alloys, Copper Alloys, Nickel Alloys and Titanium Alloys.
Publications - papers from Granta customers and Cambridge University describing the use of CES for solving materials selection problems.