Assembly Mass Not Calculating Properly
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Hi All,
We've had some trouble when calculating the totall mass of an assembly in Inventor.
When using the Physical iProperties, we rarely get a correct/usable mass value. The picture below states this assembly weighs 17823kg. We know this to be incorrect.
On the drawing (.idw) of this assembly, the mass states 30603kg.
The property used here is from the Physical iProperties. So, I would expect the same value.
When exporting the bom to excel, and adding up all the mass values from each part and assembly, we get 30712kg. So very close to the value on drawing.
Note: We do have some imported step-files in the assembly. These parts we have given a mass-override. Does this affect the weight calculation?
Does somebody have any knowledge how the mass is calculated? What mass number should we trust?
Thanks in advanced.
Thom