Viewing Mass Properties

The Mass Properties tab displays the precise measurements for mass, volume, area, center of gravity, moments of inertia, and inertia tensor for any model or selection.

Select the part or parts for which you want to calculate the mass properties. To select multiple parts, press the Shift or Control key while selecting.
To view the mass properties of the entire 3D model, make sure no parts are selected.

Note: You can also make your selection after you open the Entity Properties dialog box.

From the Analysis menu, select Show Entity Properties.

The Entity Properties dialog box appears.

Note: You can also right-click in the workspace and select Show Entity Properties, or in the Model Tree, select the model part or parts, then right-click and select Show Entity Properties.

Click the Mass Properties tab to view the properties of the selected mass.

Note: When a mass property cannot be calculated, “N/A” displays in red for that property. When this is the case, you can also click Error Report for a list of mass properties that could not be calculated.

To change the density, change measurement units, or configure computation of inertia tensor, click Options.

The Options dialog box appears.

See Configuring Mass Properties

Click OK to close the Options dialog box.

Click Close to close the Entity Properties dialog box.