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Is there a way to add a "fake" weight to a complex component without modeling all the internal details?

djQK8XP — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 10:45:15 GMT

I have an assembly made with several components purchased from suppliers. I can weight the actual parts to find their mass, and I can model the exterior dimensions, but how do I create a fake weight (mass) for the component?

Re: Is there a way to add a "fake" weight to a complex component without modeling all the internal details?

jeff_strater — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 14:28:45 GMT

The only way to do that today is to create a custom physical material. Model the outer case, check its mass properties, and create a physical material with a density that is the desired mass/modeled outer case volume.

Re: Is there a way to add a "fake" weight to a complex component without modeling all the internal details?

djQK8XP — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 08:33:13 GMT

Thank you for the information. That was actually what I was doing already, but I was hoping for a more clever solution.