Centroid

[Anonymous]

How to calculate Centroid of a SurfaceBody? I could not finf "RegionProperties" there.

[Vladimir.Ananyev]

You may use PartComponentDefinition.MassProperties.CenterOfMass property.

Related DevBlog post:

http://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/2012/06/how-to-retrieve-the-barycenter-of-a-part.html

[Vladimir.Ananyev]

The following thread could be useful as well:/inventor-customization/surfacebody-properties-via-api/td-p/4853851

[Anonymous]

The workarounds suggested are bit awkward for me. So as an approximate solution. I got RangeBox of the body and then found midpoint of the Min and Max.

[Vladimir.Ananyev]

The choice is up to you.  Using RangeBox to approximate centroid position could give too rough estimates.  Personally I would prefer to get the centroid from the transient single-body model.

Cheers,