MATERIAL SELECTION AUXILIARY DEVICE, MATERIAL SELECTION METHOD, MATERIAL SELECTION AUXILIARY METHOD, MATERIAL SELECTION AUXILIARY PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM

To provide a material selection auxiliary device, a material selection method, a material selection auxiliary method, a material selection auxiliary program, and a recording media that accurately select materials in consideration of the required characteristics of a part.SOLUTION: A material selection auxiliary device for generating information presenting characteristics to be compared between two or more candidate materials when two or more candidate materials are considered as materials for one part, includes: a required characteristic acquisition unit for acquiring requirement characteristic information indicating required characteristics that are required for the one part; a part characteristics extraction unit that extracts part quality characteristics of parts related to each of the required characteristics; a material characteristics extraction unit that extracts material quality characteristics of items related to characteristics of the material associated with each of the required characteristics; and an information generating unit that generates information in a manner that enables perceptual contrast between a first characteristic value that is a value indicating each of the material quality characteristics of one of two or more candidate materials, and a second characteristic value that is a value indicating each of the material quality characteristics of the other candidate materials.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】部品として要求される特性を考慮した的確に材料を選定する材料選定補助装置、材料選定方法、材料選定補助方法、材料選定補助プログラム及び記録媒体を提供する。【解決手段】２つ以上の候補材を１の部品の材料として検討する際に、２つ以上の候補材の間で比較すべき特性を提示する情報を生成する材料選定補助装置であって、前記１の部品に要求される特性である要求特性を示す要求特性情報を取得する要求特性取得部と、要求特性の各々に関連する部品の特性である部品品質特性を抽出する部品特性抽出部と、部品品質特性の各々に関連する材料の特性に関する項目である材料品質特性を抽出する材料特性抽出部と、２つ以上の候補材のうちの１の候補材についての材料品質特性の各々を示す値である第１の特性値と、他の候補材の材料品質特性の各々を示す値である第２の特性値と、を知覚的に対比可能な態様の情報を生成する情報生成部と、を有する。【選択図】図１