Calculate Center of Mass based on components instead of solid bodies
Calculate Center of Mass based on components instead of solid bodies
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First off, i'd like to say that this forum has been very helpful with a good deal of the minor NX questions i've had, and for that i'm pretty grateful.
Now on to the question at hand:
I'm in the unique possition of needing a way to calculate centers of mass in NX based on componenet weight. This is essentially due to the fact that altreps have been used (and begrudgingly at that), which in my understanding pretty much eliminates the ability to get and accurate center of mass based on solid bodies.
Is there a way to calculate center of mass based on known mass and centroids of the components in an assembly? There are approxiamtely 60 parts per assembly, and nearly 100 assemblies/configurations, so making an excel spreadsheet for doing this by hand is far from desirable. Running NX 7.5, by the way.
Now on to the question at hand:
I'm in the unique possition of needing a way to calculate centers of mass in NX based on componenet weight. This is essentially due to the fact that altreps have been used (and begrudgingly at that), which in my understanding pretty much eliminates the ability to get and accurate center of mass based on solid bodies.
Is there a way to calculate center of mass based on known mass and centroids of the components in an assembly? There are approxiamtely 60 parts per assembly, and nearly 100 assemblies/configurations, so making an excel spreadsheet for doing this by hand is far from desirable. Running NX 7.5, by the way.





RE: Calculate Center of Mass based on components instead of solid bodies
If done correctly, they should increase your accuracy.
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RE: Calculate Center of Mass based on components instead of solid bodies
You can find this at...
Analysis -> Advanced Mass Properties -> Advanced Weight Management...
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