MTL Editor

for Alibre Design — Community Edition V2.4.1

9 Languages · Browser-Based · No Installation · 100% Alibre-Compatible
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Open
Drag & drop your .MTL file
Alibre Library.MTL
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Open Material Library
Drop a .MTL file here or click to browse
Library loaded: Alibre Library
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Library Root
Materials at top level — outside any folder
📚 Alibre Library 3
Aluminium 12
Steel 24
Custom 5
NameDensityE-ModRm
A47900200600
A27900200580
Stål7850210360
↑
Click 📚 to see materials at the library root level
— often missed in older editors!
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Browse
Navigate folders · Resize sidebar
Aluminium 12
Steel 24
Custom 5
3D-Druck 4
NameDensityE-ModRm★ ⎘ ×
AW 2007285072220☆ ⎘ ×
AW 2024277073470★ ⎘ ×
AW 5083266071270☆ ⎘ ×
AW 6061270069310☆ ⎘ ×
⟷ Drag to resize
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Edit
Click any cell · Add · Duplicate · Favorite
Aluminium 12
Steel 24
NameDensityE-Mod
AW 2007285072
AW 2024279073
AW 5083266071
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Description & Source
Native Alibre fields — full roundtrip support
Steel 24
Aluminium 12
NameDescriptionSource
S235JRStructural steel, hot-rolledEN 10025-2
42CrMo4Quenched & temperedEN 10083-3
X5CrNi 18-10Austenitic stainlessEN 10088
<Description> · <Source>
↻ Full roundtrip: Alibre ↔ Editor ↔ Alibre
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Move Materials
Select · Drag to target folder
Aluminium 12
Custom 5
Steel 24
NameDensityE-Mod
AW 2007285072
AW 2024277073
AW 5083266071
AW 6061270069
≡ 2 materials
2 selected
2 material(s) moved to "Custom"
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Organize Folders
Nest · Sort · Drag to root
📚 Alibre Library 5
▾ Steel
▸ Structural
▸ Tool Steel
▸ Aluminium
▸ Polymer
📁 Polymer
▾ ▸
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A → Z
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Subfolder
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Drag folders into other folders to nest them
Drag to 📚 to move back to root level
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Search
Filter by name, pattern, description, source
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NamePatternDescription
S235JRISO_STEELStructural steel, hot-rolled
42CrMo4ISO_STEELQuenched & tempered
AW 6061ISO_ALUAerospace aluminium
PA6ISO_PLASPolyamide, technical
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Export
Validate · Save · Replace in Alibre
✓ Validation passed — all materials have names
↓ Export

How to apply changes

1 Close Alibre Design
2 Open material folder
3 Rename original as backup
4 Move exported file, rename
5 Start Alibre Design
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Import / Merge
Restore custom materials after Alibre update
📄
.MTL
Backup (V28)
→
Aluminiumexists
Steelexists
Custom+ new
→
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.MTL
Merged (V29)
3 material(s) imported
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Multiple Libraries
Alibre loads every .MTL in the Materials folder
📁 …\Alibre Design\System Files\Materials
📄 Alibre Library.MTL
📄 My_Custom.MTL
📄 Norm_DIN.MTL
📄 Project_Acme.MTL
→
Alibre Material Picker
▸ Alibre Library
▸ My_Custom
▸ Norm_DIN
▸ Project_Acme
All .MTL files in the Materials folder appear as separate libraries.
Library name = the <Name> tag inside the file, not the filename.
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More Features
Search · Columns · Backup · 9 Languages
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Library Root
Materials at top level
📝
Description
& Source
Native Alibre fields
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Backup
Original file untouched
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Duplicate
Clone materials
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Favorites
Quick spotting
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9 Languages
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Validation
Checks before export
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Privacy
100% local, no upload
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Community Edition V2.4.1 · AMTLE-CE-V2.4.1-2026