WF4. Mass evaluation. Analysis.

[BrentDrysdale]

Hi Folks,
I am customising my screen (config.win) for WF4 to give our users a head start when we cut over to WF4 from WF2 soon.

I saw the mass icon in the analysis menu and thought this would be a good one to have. It works but it does not assume the default coordinate system so it has to be picked. In WF2 when we ran Analysis/Model/Mass it assumed the default coordinate system and gave us the answer right off. Any ideas how to make it work the same way in WF4?

I suspect like many folk I have the Analysis toolbar up the top and am liking the various measure icons in that toolbar but have added others such as curve length/edge and mass.

I like the assumption of the plane for measuring but am less enamoured of the default of centre for a cylinder and not the surface itself. Clues on setting that default would be nice too.

Last observation is that the on screen resultant from the measurement does not seem related to the zoom scale. Text height does not vary with zoom but if I am zoomed in then the resultant may well not show and I don't get to see the on screen figure till I zoom back out. I know the figure is available in the bottom bar but why should it not always appear on the working area of the screen. Seems like not fully functional to me.

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Regards, Brent Drysdale
Regards, Brent Drysdale
Mechanical Designer
Tait Electronics Ltd (www.taitworld.com)
New Zealand
Ph. +64 3 358 1093
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[gkbeer]

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Brent Drysdale
<->wrote:

> I saw the mass icon in the analysis menu and thought this would be a good
> one to have. It works but it does not assume the default coordinate system
> so it has to be picked. In WF2 when we ran Analysis/Model/Mass it assumed
> the default coordinate system and gave us the answer right off. Any ideas
> how to make it work the same way in WF4?
>

Just click on the eyeglasses icon, it will assume default.

Cheers, Glenn