Calculating Weight and Center of Gravity

You can calculate the weight and the Center of Gravity (COG) of the design unit and insert the COG point in the 3D model.

Before you begin:
Related Topics
Planning Break Management Dialog Box
Initializing a Design Unit

  1. Click Planning Break in the Operation toolbar.

    The Planning Break Management dialog box appears.

    The selected design unit is displayed in the Geometry box. All the structural objects along with their system status are listed in the Status tab.

  2. Select Estimate tab.

  3. Click Compute Report.

    The values of weight and COG coordinates in the X, Y and Z direction are displayed in the area below.

    Tip: The units for displaying the weight and COG can be set at Tools > Option > General > Parameter and Measure > Units tab.

  4. Click Export Measures.

The COG is placed in the model and also a new node appears in the specification tree below the GeometricalSet_PB node.

Note: If you click Export Measures number of times, then number of COGs will be created at the same location in the graphics area. Also, number of new nodes will be created in the specification tree below the GeometricalSet_PB node.