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Material Physical Properties Wrong?

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When I select 6061 as material for my part, the physical properties dialog box shows a value of 17996.9 psi for tensile strength. This is approximately half the value typically listed for this material. Did solidworks get it wrong, or am I missing something? Is there a way to edit physical properties of a given material?

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You can edit the material file (Extensions "sldmat") in Windows Notepad


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