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Moment of Inertia - Solid Edge

Moment of Inertia - Solid Edge

Moment of Inertia - Solid Edge

(OP)
Hi All,

I am trying to work out the moment of inertia of a component in solid edge V20. The help tool instructs me to click on the inspect menu and choose AREA. However under the inspect menu there does not seem to be an AREA option. Does anyone know where I can find it? Or is it something to do with the version im using etc.

Any help would be much appreciated,

Regards

Dave  

RE: Moment of Inertia - Solid Edge

To get the AREA properties you will need to be in a 2D view of the cross-section, either in Draft or in a part sketch.

In either case you need Inspect > Evaluate > Area.
Then click INSIDE the area to measure.
You should now see 2 options available - Area Information and Create Area.
I would suggest using the Create Area option as this will save the properties and update if the profile changes.
Area Information will just tell you what they are and not save.
When you click Accept the Area is created and the cross-section will be hatched. Once created click in the area and then on Properties to get the properties.

The Inspect > 2D Measure > Area will just tell you what the area only is.

bc.
2.4GHz Core2 Quad, 4GB RAM,
Quadro FX4600.

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RE: Moment of Inertia - Solid Edge

(OP)
Hey,

Thanks, that's a great help! I have gotten the area working when editing the profile of a protrusion. I tried to get it working with the sketch tool but cant seem to get it to work that way, I have not used this tool before so I'm probably not using it in the correct way.

One more question. Is there a way to take a cross section at a point on the 3d component and compute the area of the cross section?

Thanks again for the help!

Dave  

RE: Moment of Inertia - Solid Edge

When I said sketch, I really meant the profile of the protrusion.

For a section of a 3d model you can either create a draft view and cut a section, or, if it's a single part, create a plane where you want the section then intersect that plane with the solid to get the intesection curve and include that into a sketch on the plane you created.

bc.
2.4GHz Core2 Quad, 4GB RAM,
Quadro FX4600.

Where would we be without sat-nav?

RE: Moment of Inertia - Solid Edge

(OP)
Thanks for the help, all working now!

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