CG of a Skin in CATIA V4
CG of a Skin in CATIA V4
(OP)
Hello,
I am trying to analyze a skin in V4 and none of the tools (ANALYSIS-inertia, SKIN-ANALYSIS, SOLID-ANALYSIS, etc.) seem to be able calculate Center of Gravity.
Can anyone help me with this?
Thank you,
Engin.
I am trying to analyze a skin in V4 and none of the tools (ANALYSIS-inertia, SKIN-ANALYSIS, SOLID-ANALYSIS, etc.) seem to be able calculate Center of Gravity.
Can anyone help me with this?
Thank you,
Engin.





RE: CG of a Skin in CATIA V4
A skin has no thickness and thus no C of G. Create a solid by offsetting the skin by a small amount, and then analyse the resulting solid.
Terry
RE: CG of a Skin in CATIA V4
You're probably correct about V4. I don't remember - but I did want to express the need to use caution in your logic. (however true it may be in conventional terms)
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RE: CG of a Skin in CATIA V4
There is one thing - a face does not have thickness as well, nevertheless you can find its CG using Analysis Inertia.
There should be a way for skins...
Thank you again,
Engin
RE: CG of a Skin in CATIA V4
That being said, have you tried using the analysis "combine" feature with the faces? It's been a very long time since I've used V4 for any advanced tasks, but I clearly remember that it was possible with solids to analyze multiple objects, and combine the result, and the resultant would be a centroid, CG, or moment of inertia for all analyzed objects.
Forgive me for being vague. I have V4, but my workstation is offline at the moment. Perhaps someone else can chip, in and either shoot me down, or back me up?
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