Materials are stored in the subfolder 'Materials' (no surprise!). The properties of each material are stored in two files. The name of the material is used as filename. The two files have the extensions *.oc and *.b . Since a material's name is used to create filenames you cannot use symbols like '\', '/', '<', '>' or '%' in the name.

If a material is a composite (described as effective medium) the database contains links to the related host and particle materials which must be in the database as well. If you drag such an item from the database to the material list in SCOUT the entries for the host and the particle material are automatically copied as well.

The materials available in the database are accessible in the material list.