Properties --> Materials

This section contains material, section, and rebar definitions. Once these properties are imported throughout the modeling, they will automatically appear under the Properties.

This section also serves as the input interface of the properties. Follow the below steps to define the properties that this interface will utilize in the example.

Materials

	Follow the below steps to create a material in OpenBrIM
1	Go to Properties/Materials.
2	In 1^st row, click-three-dots icon under Name and click Import Material.

	Follow the below steps to add a structural steel material.
1	From Database drop-down, select Steel Material Database (US)
2	Select Category as Structural Steel.
3	Select Asset as A709_50.
4	Click Import.
5	Check the imported material placed in 1^st row including the mechanical properties

	Follow the below steps to add a concrete material.
1	From Database drop-down, select Concrete Material Database (US).
2	Select Category as Cube.
3	Select Asset as FcCube_4ksi
4	Click Import.
5	Check the change in Materials data spreadsheet
6	Check the Steel column and Concrete column for the material type-specific properties.
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Stress-Strain Model

	Follow the below steps to add a concrete material.
1	From Database drop-down, select Concrete Material Database (US).
2	Select Category as Cube.
3	Select Asset as FcCube_4ksi
4	Click Import.
5	Check the change in Materials data spreadsheet
6	Check the Steel column and Concrete column for the material type-specific properties.
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