Mass Properties in Assembly help!
Mass Properties in Assembly help!
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Hello all! I have been having a problem with Solidworks and need some desperate help... How can I export mass properties of Parts used in an Assembly? What I would like to eventually get is a table of mass, volume, density, and XYZ locations of each part in an assembly. The only XYZ locations I can seem to export are the Assembly's XYZ or the individual Part by itself - not located in the Assembly. Any ideas???
Thanks,
-Tim
Thanks,
-Tim






RE: Mass Properties in Assembly help!
By XYZ locations, I assume you mean to the origins of the individual parts ... I don't know of a way to read that info into a BOM.
However all this info could probably be obtained by an API or similar macro. Unfortunately I am not knowledgeable of API, but maybe others can help.
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RE: Mass Properties in Assembly help!
Best Regards,
Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
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RE: Mass Properties in Assembly help!
Best Regards,
Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SW2005 SP 4.0 & Pro/E 2001
Dell Precision 370
P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0
NIVIDA Quadro FX 1400
o
_`\(,_
(_)/ (_)
"There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea" Bernard-Paul Heroux
RE: Mass Properties in Assembly help!
The volumes are necessary for balancing underwater vehicles, especially at deep depths. Currently, I check the mass properties of each component, nut and bolt individually, then transpose them into Excel. Very time consuming, and not very dynamic!
-Tim
RE: Mass Properties in Assembly help!
Are the parts XYZ (origin) points needed for CoG calcs? If so the assy could be saved as a part and then, maybe, the CG macro at http://mysite.verizon.net/mjlombard/ could be run to find the overall CoG.
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RE: Mass Properties in Assembly help!
Maybe hand typing into Excel is the best way to go!
RE: Mass Properties in Assembly help!
As for volume, mass, density, those can be added to a BOM by first specifying a custom property in each part (see "Summary Info – Custom and Configuration Specific" in the help).
Then, add a column to the BOM manually (using the Solidworks BOM, not the Excel one) and under column properties, select the appropriate custom property from the drop down list.
RE: Mass Properties in Assembly help!
It sounds like you are doing a lot of manual calcs, which SW could easily do for you.
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RE: Mass Properties in Assembly help!
BTW - I bet you have a real cool job. I'm designing wastewater treatment equipment... yawn.