Installed Examples, Manuals, and Materials Folders

There are several ways to access the examples, manuals (containing PDF documentation), and materials data folders included with your installation.

Item Main Menu My Project Configuration window System Definer or Material to Material Calculator From the Windows Start Menu On your Computer Website

Manuals (PDF documentation, DATAPLOT EXP files, TC-Python and TC‑Toolbox for MATLAB® HTML help)

 x - - x x x

Software Development Kits (SDKs) (TC‑Python, TC‑Toolbox for MATLAB®, TQ‑Interface)*

x

 - - - x x
Examples (project and macro files)* x x - x x x
Materials** - - x x x x
Property Models - - - - x -
Process Metallurgy Materials*** - - - - x -

* The SDK folder is installed during installation and available when you have a license for the applicable SDK. There are also differences based on the API as to where examples are installed.

** The Material Properties libraries for the Additive Manufacturing (AM) Module are handled by the software.

*** The Process Metallurgy Module user-defined material compositions are saved from the Process Metallurgy Calculator and managed from the Options tab.

Once your Thermo‑Calc software is installed you can open the Examples and PDF documentation (Manuals) from the main menu:

  • To open the Manuals folder select Help → Manuals Folder. See About the Manuals (Documentation) Folder for details. Note for Linux openSUSE users: ClosedThis link is not functional. To access the folder, navigate to the default location based on your installation type.
  • To open the Examples based on whether you are in Console Mode or Graphical Mode, select File → Examples Files or Help → Examples Files.

When in Graphical Mode, click the My Project node. In the Configuration window under Getting Started, click Example Files.

When you are working with the System Definer or Material to Material Calculator you can open the default Materials folder included with your installation.

At the bottom of the window under Material, click Load material to navigate to a material file.

There is a separate folder for materials saved using the Process Metallurgy Calculator. See Installation Default Directory: Process Metallurgy Materials.

For the Additive Manufacturing (AM) Module, the Material Properties library is managed by the software.

Screen shot of where to find the Materials files via the Thermo‑Calc Load Material button on the System Definer

The default directory where these material files are stored is based on operating system:

Operating System Materials Installation Directory
Windows

C:\Users\<user>\Documents\Thermo‑Calc\2025b\Materials
Linux

On Linux all user files are installed where the program is installed. If installed as root the default is:

/opt/Thermo‑Calc/2025b/Materials
macOS

/Users/Shared/Thermo‑Calc/2025b/Materials

On Windows, once Thermo‑Calc is installed, you can locate the Examples and Materials folders, plus all the Manuals. Go to the Start menu and in the search field enter Thermo‑Calc. A list of the installed versions is provided or click the Apps or other tabs to browse search results.

The PDFs, example files and materials xml files are included with your installation in a folder location based on the operating system.

In the table, <user> stands for the username and <version> for the version of Thermo‑Calc, for example 2025b.

User Type Default Directory

Administrator

Software

Program Files\Thermo‑Calc\<version>

 

Examples, Manuals, Materials, Property Models, Process Metallurgy Materials and SDK folders:

Users\Documents\Thermo- Calc\<version>
User Type Default Directory

Administrator (user name and password required)

Examples, Manuals, Materials, Property Models, Process Metallurgy Materials and SDK folders:

/Users/Shared/Thermo‑Calc/<version>

To go to this folder, in Finder, from the Go main menu select Go to folder. Enter the above file path and click Go.
User Type Default Directory

Non root user

home/<user>/Thermo‑Calc/<version>

Root user

usr/local/Thermo‑Calc/<version>

Many resources are available from our website. On the Support → Documentation page you can download the current and archived PDF documentation and examples, or navigate to the TC-Python and TC-Toolbox for MATLAB® help and diagnostics tools. For current technical information and examples collections for the databases, you can access these by database starting on the Products → Databases page.