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Steel

Physical properties of a material.

Attributes

Name Type Use Description
GUIDRef ocx:guid optional A globally unique ID referring to an entity in the authoring application. The sending application creates and holds the GUID. Used to establish a unique reference to an entity persistent between applications.
grade ocx:grade optional Weldable normal and higher strength hull structural steels - Ref. IACS Unified Requirements S6 “Use of Steel Grades for Various Hull Members – Ships of 90m in Length and Above – Rev.9 Corr.2 Nov 2021” Table 7.
id xs:ID required An identifier for an element unique within the scope of the XML file. Each id must be unique within a document. The attribute uses the standard XML 1.0 ID type as defined in the XML Schema specification. This attribute is required in many OCX XML elements and an application should generate them automatically.
name xs:string required An mandatory descriptive or display name.

Children

Name Type Cardinality Description
YieldStress ocx:Quantity_T [1, 1] The material yield stress.
UltimateStress ocx:Quantity_T [1, 1] The material ultimate stress.
Density ocx:Quantity_T [1, 1] The material density.
YoungsModulus ocx:Quantity_T [1, 1] The material elasticity modulus.
PoissonRatio ocx:Quantity_T [1, 1] The material Poisson's ration.
ThermalExpansionCoefficient ocx:Quantity_T [0, 1] The material thermal expansion coefficient.
Description xs:string [0, 1] Contains a description of the component its parent represents. The description is stored as a string. You can use this element for whatever purposes you require. This element can be used inside many OCX XML elements but is optional.
CustomProperties ocx:CustomProperties_T [0, 1] Container for custom properties.
Schema version 3.2.0
Schema location https://3docx.org/fileadmin/ocx_schema/V320/OCX_Schema.xsd
Namespace https://3docx.org/fileadmin//ocx_schema//V320//OCX_Schema.xsd
Created 2026-09-10T10:07:41Z