Configuring Mass Properties

From the Mass Properties tab, you can change the density, the measurement units or configure the reference point of inertia tensor.

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.

Click Options.

The Options dialog box appears.

To change the density, enter a value in the Density field.

To change the density units, select the unit for Mass and Length from their respective lists in the Units section.

To apply the density to model parts with unknown density, select Use Only for Parts with Unknown Density.

To apply the density to all model parts, select Use for All Parts.

To change the display units, select the unit for Mass and Length from their respective lists in the Display Units section.

To compute the inertia tensor based on output coordinate system, select Output Coordinate System Origin.

To compute the inertia tensor based on the center of gravity, select Center of Gravity.

Click OK.

Mass properties are instantly calculated and displayed in the Mass Properties tab.

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

To save the changes, click Save As.

The Save Mass Properties As dialog box appears.

Specify the path where you want to store the file and enter the file name, then click Save.

AutoVue saves the results in a .txt file.

Click OK to close the Entity Properties dialog box.