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Calculating a Mass Value
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Once you have created your part, click the Measure
Inertia icon
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The dialog box that appears lets you measure several properties of the
geometrical element you want. The mass property is one these properties
that can be calculated.
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Ensure that the Keep Measure option in the
dialog box is selected. This lets you keep measures as features in the
specification tree. The mass measure kept as a feature can be used as a
parameter.
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From the Measure Inertia dialog that appears, click
Customize... to indicate that you want to compute and display the
Mass parameter in the Measure Inertia dialog box.
When done, the Mass value is displayed in the dialog box.
Creating a Formula
Using the measure you have just created, you need to define a formula
parameter that you will rename as Mass.
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Click the Formula
icon.
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From the Formulas dialog box that appears,
click Add Formula and create the Mass.1 parameter in the
Formula Editor window:
When done, as you checked the Keep measure option in the
Measure Inertia dialog box, the mass is kept as a feature and your
specification tree will look something like this:
Saving the Part
As soon as you save the part in SmarTeam, the Mass attribute is
displayed in the Profile Card corresponding to this part. |