topic Re: Is there a way to leave a center of gravity mark when using the center of gravity of the inventory assembly? in Inventor Forum

Is there a way to leave a center of gravity mark when using the center of gravity of the inventory assembly?

yooshC8XDQ — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 08:43:34 GMT

Is there a way to leave a center of gravity mark when using an inventory assembly center? Is there only a way to leave it in the template?

Re: Is there a way to leave a center of gravity mark when using the center of gravity of the inventory assembly?

EdvinTailwind — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 11:15:06 GMT

You want to use the CoG from the parent assembly in the part, and you want it to remain in the part? You would like to be able to reference to it as a regular Point?

Just trying to understand what you are trying to accomplish here... 🙂

Re: Is there a way to leave a center of gravity mark when using the center of gravity of the inventory assembly?

yooshC8XDQ — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 04:37:35 GMT

Can you tell me both of them?

Re: Is there a way to leave a center of gravity mark when using the center of gravity of the inventory assembly?

yooshC8XDQ — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 05:51:20 GMT

Is it the only way to find the coordinates and draw a dot?

Re: Is there a way to leave a center of gravity mark when using the center of gravity of the inventory assembly?

EdvinTailwind — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 09:57:24 GMT

You can measure between the CoG- reference planes to part surfaces or origin planes:

https://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2023/ENU/?guid=GUID-5A8F73C1-B19C-4DCA-85F3-B7AEF252632D

However, if you want some kind of point to lock onto, it seems to require some iLogic, such as this:

https://clintbrown.co.uk/2020/04/25/cog/

Note: The code is 4 years old and I haven't tried it.

Note 2: The code doesn't seem to update the position dynamically, which means you need to click the button to generate a new point at a correct position. Then any constraints etc must be redefined to the new point.