Derived parts & mass

[A_Harro]

Ok , this is driving me crazy

i have one assy comprising of

a valve, made in steel

an actuator made in aluminum

total weight combined is 36 kg.

I make this assy a derived ipt.. i have tried all the output options, single solid, multy solid and the weight is not the same.. since its a new ipt has its own material, ok makes sense.. .. So i use composite, i get the correct weight (yay), but now i cant turn the visibility off on the 2d drawing, in certain pipe spool view representations.

What is the correct procedure for turning multi material assys into an ipt.. to get the correct weights and get the drawings to work properly? 

thanks 🙂

[jingyi.liu · Accepted solution]

The simplest way is to override the derived part mass with the value of assembly mass, but you need handle it manually, I prefered to use multisolid option, since you can see the silhouette of each body.