cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Community Tip - Learn all about the Community Ranking System, a fun gamification element of the PTC Community. X

Adding model properties to a harness

cfrascona
1-Newbie

Adding model properties to a harness

Has any one ever needed to report the wight of wire in an assembly?  How do you wight to a cable.  Most wire I've come a crossed give lbs/ft, how can i add this in to be calculated with the assembly?


This thread is inactive and closed by the PTC Community Management Team. If you would like to provide a reply and re-open this thread, please notify the moderator and reference the thread. You may also use "Start a topic" button to ask a new question. Please be sure to include what version of the PTC product you are using so another community member knowledgeable about your version may be able to assist.
ACCEPTED SOLUTION

Accepted Solutions
jstone
4-Participant
(To:cfrascona)

Chuck,

The wires will need the parameters "density", "units", & "mass_units".  density will be a linear density ratio in mass/length (LB/INCH), units will be INCH, & mass_units set to LB.  This should add the wires mass to the model.

Thanks,

jef

View solution in original post

2 REPLIES 2
jstone
4-Participant
(To:cfrascona)

Chuck,

The wires will need the parameters "density", "units", & "mass_units".  density will be a linear density ratio in mass/length (LB/INCH), units will be INCH, & mass_units set to LB.  This should add the wires mass to the model.

Thanks,

jef

Thanks Jef, that worked.

Announcements
NEW Creo+ Topics: Real-time Collaboration


Top Tags