Foundation
Matereality was founded to create an architecture capable of storing and disseminating any material property for any material. The project addressed engineering information scattered across paper files, PDFs, and isolated spreadsheets.
History
A long-running focus on materials and engineering information
Matereality evolved from a long history of supporting engineering teams with practical materials information tools and workflows.
Release announcements and service bulletins trace that progression from web-based material databases to CAE model creation, role-focused enterprise libraries, laboratory workflows, and the current digitalization portfolio.
Milestones
From material data frustration to a shared digital library
First web release
The first web-based Matereality product gave organizations a way to organize complex material information, keep collections private, and make them available to authorized users.
Matereality 2.0
Version 2.0 expanded the material data management platform with secure TrueDigital data, MIRO search, unit conversion, and CAE export workflows for applications including Abaqus and Ansys. Matereality also adopted MatML for material-property exchange.
Read the Version 2.0 releaseMatereality 2.1
Version 2.1 introduced scalable Material Data Servers and Material Databases, strengthened visualization and unit conversion, and fully enabled CAE Modeler tasks for converting source properties into application-ready material models.
Read the Version 2.1 releaseMatereality 3.0
On the fifth anniversary of the platform, Version 3.0 added scaled corporate data-center deployments, web tools for loading and manipulating data, selective peer-to-peer sharing, broader CAE connectivity, and automated laboratory data uploads.
Read the Version 3.0 releaseMatereality 4.0
Version 4.0 combined interactive material-data viewing, advanced search, secure collaboration, and CAE Modeler as a software service. Engineers could inspect complex digital data and convert raw properties into nonlinear simulation inputs.
Read the Version 4.0 releaseDatabasePro and connected CAE
Version 5.0 introduced DatabasePro options for individuals and workgroups, with guided data loading, visualization, analytics, sharing, and CAE model creation. Separate Ansys releases connected traceable source data and CAE Modeler workflows directly to Workbench.
Read the Version 5.0 announcementMatereality 6.0
Version 6.0 redesigned the interface around role-focused applications, added mobile-compatible access, and introduced a Material Model Library for cataloging simulation cards alongside the raw data used to create them.
Read the Version 6.0 releaseMatereality 7.0
Version 7.0 expanded productivity tools for materials engineers, scientists, and CAE experts. It improved DataViewer plotting and statistical analysis, updated CAE Modelers, and added a governed path for publishing previously private material data through qualified sources.
Read the Version 7.0 releaseMatereality 8 and partner access
Version 8 organized properties, CAE material cards, reports, and specifications into interconnected libraries with role-specific applications. The same period brought a traceable materials portal into SOLIDWORKS 2014 for simulation users.
Read the SOLIDWORKS portal releaseMatereality 9
Version 9 introduced authoring directly from data grids, governed requests for missing content, expanded specification management, advanced fitting and statistical analysis, and master material-file export for common CAE preprocessors.
Matereality 10
Version 10 added bulk loading from Excel, expanded material-model conversion for LS-DYNA and RADIOSS, role-specific dashboards, master CAE material libraries tied to enterprise naming, and richer test-method documentation.
Import, reporting, and traceability
Later service bulletins extended free-form Excel import, introduced the Printer module for direct PDF reporting, enhanced rate-dependent CAE Modelers, carried more traceability into material files, and added library exports for NX, CATIA, Creo, ANSA, and HyperWorks workflows.
Matereality joins Applus+ Laboratories
In June, Matereality LLC was acquired by the Applus+ Laboratories division, bringing its materials-information software into the broader testing, engineering, and certification organization.
Laboratory information management added
Matereality added laboratory information management to its material data management software, connecting test requests, execution, analysis, and delivery with managed materials information.
Read the 2019 announcementConnected engineering information
The current Applus+ Software portfolio carries this work forward across Matereality materials information, eLim laboratory management, PicSci experimental knowledge, Knowmats, and CAE TestBench workflows.
Read the current Matereality service bulletin