{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/idaholab/moose/issues/4929","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/idaholab/moose/issues/4929/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/idaholab/moose/issues/4929/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/idaholab/moose/issues/4929/events","html_url":"https://github.com/idaholab/moose/issues/4929","id":68311465,"number":4929,"title":"A material with  hundred of bloks","user":{"login":"lw4992","id":7278509,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7278509?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/lw4992","html_url":"https://github.com/lw4992","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lw4992/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lw4992/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lw4992/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lw4992/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lw4992/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lw4992/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lw4992/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lw4992/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lw4992/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/idaholab/moose/labels/C:%20MOOSE","name":"C: MOOSE","color":"0052cc"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/idaholab/moose/labels/P:%20minor","name":"P: minor","color":"dcffff"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/idaholab/moose/labels/R:%20duplicate","name":"R: duplicate","color":"55ff55"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/idaholab/moose/labels/T:%20task","name":"T: task","color":"cccccc"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":3,"created_at":"2015-04-14T09:08:09Z","updated_at":"2015-04-14T14:02:12Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I'm working on heat condution with moose. In heat conduciotn problem,  hundred of bloks  are consisted of one material. We must  specify block number list in parameter file by hand, as following \r\n```\r\n[Materials]\r\n  [./material]\r\n    type = HeatConductionMaterial\r\n    temperature = temp\r\n    block = '0 1 2 ......'\r\n  [../]\r\n[]\r\n```\r\nIt is not gentlest and fussy, espacially when the modal contains a lot of bloks! Is there more gentlest solution to deal with it,  or some suggestion ?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/idaholab/moose/issues/comments/92862814","html_url":"https://github.com/idaholab/moose/issues/4929#issuecomment-92862814","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/idaholab/moose/issues/4929","id":92862814,"user":{"login":"permcody","id":3036960,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3036960?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/permcody","html_url":"https://github.com/permcody","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/permcody/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/permcody/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/permcody/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/permcody/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/permcody/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/permcody/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/permcody/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/permcody/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/permcody/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-04-14T14:02:12Z","updated_at":"2015-04-14T14:02:12Z","body":"No, however depending on what you are trying to accomplish you might\nconsider a different approach altogether. Instead of creating hundred of\nmaterials you might stick to just one and make your material class handle\nthe mapping in some fashion instead (i.e. maybe your blocks are structured\nso you can determine what material you are in based on the position in your\ndomain).\n\nCody\n\nOn Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 7:36 AM lw4992 <notifications@github.com> wrote:\n\n> Get it. Thanks you.\n> Another way, does exodus file support block set containing some blocks? If\n> so, is it possible to write material blcok like this?\n>\n> [Materials]\n>   [./material]\n>     type = HeatConductionMaterial\n>     temperature = temp\n>     block_set = steel\n>   [../]\n> []\n>\n> —\n> Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub\n> <https://github.com/idaholab/moose/issues/4929#issuecomment-92842931>.\n>\n"}}