MASS AND AREA IN CUSTOM PROPERTIES
MASS AND AREA IN CUSTOM PROPERTIES
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HOW CAN I SHOW MASS AND AREA OF A PART IN Kg AND m² UNITS IN THE CUSTOM PROPERTIES USING AN EQUATION?
I ALLREADY KNOW HOW TO PUT THESE DATA AUTOMATICALLY IN A SHEET FORMAT
BUT THEY COME IN g AND mm²
I ALLREADY KNOW HOW TO PUT THESE DATA AUTOMATICALLY IN A SHEET FORMAT
BUT THEY COME IN g AND mm²






RE: MASS AND AREA IN CUSTOM PROPERTIES
There is possibly another method by draging a design table into your part, (you don't need to create a family of parts) just one, and you can link custom props in there and use the power of excel to tweak the units to the values you need.
hope this helps.
RE: MASS AND AREA IN CUSTOM PROPERTIES
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RE: MASS AND AREA IN CUSTOM PROPERTIES
it was easier than i thought
Emerson - aka packmen
RE: MASS AND AREA IN CUSTOM PROPERTIES
they come in mm2 and in grams even after i change it in the mass properties option.
what can I do???
RE: MASS AND AREA IN CUSTOM PROPERTIES
The units for the BOM are driven from the units specified in the drawing document.
Here are a few ways that you could possible work around this:
1. Try the method described by Demojock to manually change the units of the dimensions so they show properly. You would have to set your drawing document to Kg and m^2 and override the units of the dimensions to mm.
2. Manually override the BOM. This is quite unfavorable since you would lose the automatic linking of your dimensions in the BOM.
3. You could also write a VB application or macro that will do either of these tasks for you automatically, but if you are not familiar with the SolidWorks API, this may take some serious time.
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RE: MASS AND AREA IN CUSTOM PROPERTIES
If you add a new column to the BOM template and link the information from the mass column to this one plus the scale factor for the units required. you could then hide the original mass column so that it is not seen in your drawings.
this should work, check the solidworks help files on "Bills of Materials" it will tell you what to name the columns.
If you need a little bit more help then drop you email on the next message and I will see If I can not make and send you a new BOM.
RE: MASS AND AREA IN CUSTOM PROPERTIES
Why is there never a spell checker in these forums?
demojock.
ps. too lazy to write it in MS word first!!!