Adding material properties

Use this procedure to add material properties.
To add material properties:
  1. If the
    Edit Material
    dialog box is open, click the
    Properties
     tab.
    If not, right-click on a material in the Hierarchy or Detail pane, and select
    Properties
    . The
    Edit Material
     dialog box opens. Click the
    Properties
     tab.
  2. Click the
    New Property
     button to create a new property record row.
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    The following is a list of items on the
    Properties
     tab:
    Item
    Description
    Material Property
    Unique name assigned to the material property (
    required
    ).
    All property names (material class properties and independent material properties) must be unique. Names of material class properties cannot be the same as material properties that belong to a material assigned to the class. See
    Creating material classes
     for more information.
    Class Property
    Name of the inherited material class property (
    view
    only
    ).
    Type
    Represents the data type that the provided value is to be derived from (
    required
    ). There are three data types supported: Real, Integer, and String.
    TIP:
    Unsigned data types introduced in
    Logix5000
     version 32.00 are not supported by
    FactoryTalk Batch
    . Configuring a
    FactoryTalk Batch
     tag to reference a controller tag of any unsigned data type (USINT, UINT, UDINT, ULINT) will result in bad communication. If you attempt to run batches referencing any tags that include one of these data types a communication failure occurs at the point when the tag is used.
    Use
    FactoryTalk Batch
    Tag Verify
     to produce a report that identifies any issues with the tag(s).
    Minimum
    Minimum value for the material property. Cannot be greater than the maximum value.
    Maximum
    Maximum value for the material property. Cannot be less than the minimum value.
    Default Value
    The default value for the material property. Must be greater than the minimum value and less than the maximum value for the material property.
    EUs
    Engineering unit of measure for the material property.
    Controller ID
    ID numbers begin at 1000 and increment by 10 for each attribute added. If necessary, you can change this to a unique number to be used for PCD Phase Programming.
    Description
    Detailed description of the material property.
  3. Type the information in the appropriate boxes to define the material property.
  4. Click
    Apply
     to save the record, or click
    OK
     to save the record and close the dialog box.
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