How do I add a generic mass to a Solidworks part?

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How do I add a generic mass to a Solidworks part?

oharag11 (Mechanical)

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20 Mar 24 17:30

So I modeled a block and want to add this to an assembly. This block represents a very complex system so I just want to represent the overall height/width & depth of the system. I know the weight of the complex system and I would like to "fudge" or apply this weight to this block. How do I do this in SW? I can add Materials from SW DB - can I save this as a custom material - and then fudge the material properties? So I used to use NX - and there was a way to apply a weight to any object. We would do this for complex systems (i.e. Lens for a camera). This would help us obtain overall top level system weights.

I search the webs and really didn't find anything. That's why I come here.

Thanks

oharag11 (Mechanical) · Answer 1 · 2024-03-20 17:41:53

I created a custom material - I can fiddle with density to achieve a mass of this block - but it's cumbersome. If the dimensions of the block change - the mass will change - and I will have to fiddle with density again and again. I just want to type in a mass.

oharag11 (Mechanical) · Answer 2 · 2024-03-20 18:57:50

I ended up fudging density knowing the final mass of the part. Still not intuitive. I should be able to right click and assign a weight to any component.

Oh BTW I'm on SW 2023 SP3.0

moon161 (Mechanical) · Answer 3 · 2024-03-20 19:27:48

Evaluate > Mass Properties > Override Mass Properties

ctopher (Mechanical) · Answer 4 · 2024-03-20 21:19:09

Unless you want to create a new material, then next would be what moon161 suggestion.

You can use these properties. Link lol

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oharag11 (Mechanical) · Answer 5 · 2024-03-21 12:47:29

moon161

Thanks that's the answer I needed. I search high and low - within SW Help and online. Straight forward enough, and exactly how I expected this too work.

Ctopher - that is exactly what I did - created my own material and fudged density.

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