Is there a way to add mass over rides for each member in an ipart table so that the new mass is correctly applied in the assembly mass calculations?
I don't know of a way.
This is the reason I use iParts as a "Factory"... setting to the new iPart, SaveAs new file, delete the Table and finally the Mass over ride in iProperties.
I had to work around this same issue a couple months back.
To make it work I had to create several custom materials in the iPart factory that, when assigned to a configuration, gave me the correct estimated mass.
Then in the table I had to assign each configuration its corresponding material.
Obviously you don't want to have to do this for very big tables.
Hi
Here is a old post, from the attachement I introudced solutuion to solve iPart mass issue, hope it's helpful.
http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autodesk-Inventor/Adding-Mass-Overides-to-Iparts/m-p/3579044#M444828
Jingyi,
I was not able to follow the solution #2 that you give in your pdf. After I created an assembly using the part members, I was able to add the column to the BOM like you show in step #4. However, since this is an ipart member, I am not allowd to edit the column by adding the "=<MassProp>" formula.
Maybe I am missing something.
Thanks,
Kirk