Translations:Material data model/1/en

Purpose and principles
By storing material properties in an unified data structure, one aims to ease data retrieval that can be carried out in different contexts:
 * when building a finite element model
 * when rendering a 3D model
 * to be able to track changes in a material of a component created in FreeCAD, for PDM applications,
 * BIM application (architecture and construction industry)