Scan&Solve for Grasshopper contains a variety of built-in engineering materials which can be picked from the material block. Right-clicking on the material block will pop up a list from which one of the built-in materials may be selected.

Scan&Solve for Grasshopper supports linear isotropic materials. Materials that are “linear” have a proportional relationship between stress and strain. That is, any increase in strain results in a proportional increase in stress, and vice versa.

Isotropic materials possess the same mechanical properties regardless of orientation. Metals, plastics, and ceramics are examples of isotropic materials.