×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

Sectioning an assembly

Sectioning an assembly

Sectioning an assembly

(OP)
I'm trying to calculate a weight distribution for an assembly that I have. I want to divide it into sections and calculate the total weight in between each bay cut. I was wondering how I would achieve such a section cut? I've made planes for each section cut but I'm stumped there.

I'm relatively new in v5 so please bare with me. Thanks

RE: Sectioning an assembly

why can you not calculate the weight directly using the analysis tool

RE: Sectioning an assembly

(OP)
Because that would give me the weight of the entire part.  I only need the weight of whatever lies between the two section cuts.

I tried to use the sectioning tool and defining the section slices.  It shows up visually exactly what I want but when I take the weight of it, it still takes the weight of the entire assembly.

RE: Sectioning an assembly

assuming it is 3D weights that you require then you will have to modify the 3D to give you what you want  

RE: Sectioning an assembly

Why do you need the weight distribution

RE: Sectioning an assembly

If you really need this, you can create a new temporary assy with what you want inside.

There is a script which can help you to do this in that help file posted in the forum (in fact, you can find it also in DS documentation).

Regards
Fernando

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources