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ProSolidMassPropertyGet CSYS Parameter

pwilliams-3
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ProSolidMassPropertyGet CSYS Parameter

Hey Buds,
When passing the name of a csys to ProSolidMassPropertyGet that is not
directly owned by the specified solid, the function returns
PRO_TK_E_NOT_FOUND. For example, I pass the solid handle of a child part
and pass the name of a csys that is created in the parent assembly. My
question is: Does this function require that the csys specified be owned
by the specified solid? This behavior does not happen in the Pro/ENGINEER
command Analysis->Model->Mass Properties.

Is ProE always calculating the mass props of the entire assembly?

Patrick Williams
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> ... My question is: Does this function require that the csys
> specified be owned by the specified solid? This behavior does
> not happen in the Pro/ENGINEER command Analysis->Model->Mass
> Properties.

I think the ProSolid that is passed into this function
determines the context of the analysis.

If it's a part, then it would be as if you had a single part
open in Pro/Engineer and ran the analysis. In this case,
even in normal Pro/Engineer, i don't think you can
reference a CSYS from another model.

It seems that there's a couple different ways to go about
what you're trying to do:

1) Create a simplified rep in the assembly showing only
this part, using a CSYS from the assembly.

2) Figure out the transform matrix between the part default
CSYS and the assembly CSYS, create a new CSYS in the part
using that transform, then run the analysis using that CSYS.

3) Using the transform matrix from option #2, tranform the
results of using the part's default csys.


Hopefully one of these options will work for you.


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FV
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17-Peridot
(To:pwilliams-3)

Hi all,

Patric,

Here is a code snippet to get mass properties in the selected coordinate system

(writing from memory, don't have a user guide near by, check spelling,error checks are ommitted)

ProSelect( "csys",1, NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL, &p_sel,&n_sel);

ProSelectionModelitemGet( p_sel[0], &csys_gi);

ProSelectionAsmcomppathGet( p_sel[0], &cpath_csys);

ProGeomitemGeomitemdataGet( &csys_gi,&p_gd);

//gettransformation matrix from the coordinate system to thecsys owner model

ProMatrixInit( p_gd->p_csys_data->x_v, p_gd->p_csys_data->y_v, p_gd->p_csys_data->z_v, p_gd->p_csys_data->origin, from_csys_trf);

//invert matrix to get transformation from global to local

UserMatrixInvert( from_csys_trf, to_csys_trf);

//get transfromation from the assembly to the owner of the csys, or init identity matrix if csys belongs to assembly

ProAsmcomppathTrfGet( &cpath_csys, PRO_B_FALSE, asm2csysowner_trf);

//multiply matrix to get combined transformation from assembly global frame to the selected csys

UserMatrixMultiply( result_trf, to_csys_trf, asm2csysowner_trf); //check an order of arguments...

//select part andget transfromation matrix from part to assembly frame

ProSelect( "part",1, NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL, &p_sel,&n_sel);

ProSelectionAsmcomppathGet( p_sel{0], &cpath);

ProAsmcomppathTrfGet( &cpath, PRO_B_TRUE, part2asm_trf);

ProAsmcomppathMdlGet( &cpath, &part);

//multiply combined matrix with part matrix to get a final transformation

UserMatrixMultiply( final_trf, result_trf, part2asm_trf);

//get mass properties

ProSolidMassPropertyGet( part, NULL, &prop);

//use ProPointTrfEval to transfer point properties and ProVectorTrfEval for vector entities

//center of gravity:

ProPointTrfEval( prop->center_of_gravity, final_trf, cntr_grav);

and so on...

HIH.

Feliks.

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