When the program is started the first window looks like this:

The user can select an element, right-click on an element to list all materials containing that element, or change tabs to select a metal alloy, ceramic, glass or other unclasssified material. The materials list that appears upon right-clicking on nickel is shown below. The "Fe Ni & Controlled expansion alloys" tab is also shown below, the other tabs have a similar look. A complete list of the materials and properties available can be found here.

There are several items in the menu. The "Materials->List materials by UNS number" menu item is used to list the materials in the database by their UNS number (if they have one). This makes finding a material easier than searching the regular lists. The results for UNS Nxxxxx are shown below.

The "Options->Units" menu item is used to change the units that the properties are written in. The user can select the units on each property individually (Individual units) or as a set of self-consistent units (Consistent units). The selections are shown below.

The "Options->Output..." menu item is used to change miscellenous program options. The selections are shown below.

A material is selected by double clicking on it. In this example Zr was selected. The available properties for Zr as shown. Different properties are available for the different materials.

The linear expansion data for polycrystalline Zr is requested as being output as a C subroutine. This routine can be copied and pasted into a C program. The data may be copied by using the "Copy all" menu item or by selecting it with the cursor and using the standard Windows Ctrl+c short cut. The data (in this example a subroutine) can also be written to a text file by clicking the "Write a text file" check box. Note that full references are given for all of the data in the program.

If the output format is selected to be as data the following screen will appear. Here the user can specify the data separator to be used and the order that the data will appear, i.e., temperature or data first. Users of a non-US version of Windows also have the option of using either a "." or the local symbol (usually a ",") for the decimal separator. This option is not shown in this image.

The data can also be plotted for visual inspection. Room temperature is indicated by the dashed vertical line. The discontinuity is due to a phase change in Zr. The plot can be displayed in black and white (under the menu item "options") for copying and pasting directly into reports.