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oflou1-Visitor
1-Visitor
May 20, 2015
Question

Display the mass property of a part (or an assembly)

  • May 20, 2015
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Hello all,

Is it possible to display the mass property of a part (or an assembly) always on a screen ??

In the same time, is it possible to display a personalisated note ??

Thx

Olivier


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Eike_Hauptmann15-Moonstone
15-Moonstone
May 20, 2015

Hi Oliver

I think it should be possible with an annotation placed flat to screen so you could do that for your part. If you want to do it programatically you need the Toolkit for 3D drawing extended license I think.

What do you mean with a personalisated note? So sure it's possible to create and show as many annotations as you want.

Br,

Eike

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STEVEG21-Topaz I
21-Topaz I
May 20, 2015

We normally only do this for parts but I'm sure it can be used for assemblies too.

You need to add a Mass Analysis feature and you need to name it.

The name could be anything but don't use any special characters or spaces (Although not sure about spaces). I.e.: MODEL_MASS

Move it to the Footer.

On the Annotate tab you add a note and you can attach it to the model.

In the Text box type "&MASS:FID_<ANALYSIS_NAME>. I.e.: &MASS:FID_MODEL_MASS

After clicking somewhere else the FID_MODEL_MASS will change into the actual feature ID. I.e.: &MASS:FID_1219

Then just place the note.

In past versions of Pro/E the text would always stay flat to the screen. We added a note to one of our start parts so it's always there when they create a new part model. In Creo 2 it does not stay flat to the screen.

Does anyone know if that can be changed?

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oflou1-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
May 20, 2015

Hi Eike and Steve,

Thanks for your answers ...

Steve, your method is running very well ... the mass is displaying without problem on my drawing ... but this information doesn't appear on the 3D model ... have you a solution ?? (all notes aren't hide, or suppressed)

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STEVEG21-Topaz I
21-Topaz I
May 21, 2015

Are the layers off? I can't really think of anything else since the text displays as the default.

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