IronHorse Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 I need a quick way to understand the weight of my objects. It is easy to define different densitys for different material. But I noticed that I am not able to allocate material/densitys for solids. It works for parts only? Is there any way to solve this. I work mostly with solids, not so happy to Make Components just to achieve this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 But I noticed that I am not able to allocate material/densitys for solids. It works for parts only? I don't understand what this means? Can you attach an example here? Parts are solids? (or should be) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinPearson Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Would anyone mind expanding this thread a bit to ask the same question for AutoCAD 2010? I see in the mass properties that they list a 1:1 correspondence between the volume and the mass; that is, everything weighs 1 unit of weight per 1 unit of volume. I can't understand for the life of me why CAD reports the two values but (seemingly?) without a way to input density. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 AutoCAD does not assign material mass to parts. (everything is "water" in AutoCAD) You will have to figure it out based on volume and material properties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinPearson Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Thanks JD - not the answer I wanted, really, but thanks for the intel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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