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GetMassProperties Method (ISwDMConfiguration)

Gets the mass properties, if valid, for this configuration.

.NET Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Function GetMassProperties( _
   ByRef bRet As SwDmMassPropError _
) As System.Object
Visual Basic (Usage) 
Dim instance As ISwDMConfiguration
Dim bRet As SwDmMassPropError
Dim value As System.Object
 
value = instance.GetMassProperties(bRet)
C# 
System.object GetMassProperties( 
   out SwDmMassPropError bRet
)
C++/CLI 
System.Object^ GetMassProperties( 
&   [Out] SwDmMassPropError bRet
)

Parameters

bRet
Success or error code as defined by SwDmMassPropError

Return Value

Array of mass properties (see Remarks)

Remarks

This method only returns data for documents created using SolidWorks 2004 (Version 2500) and later. To get the version of a document, use ISwDMDocument::GetVersion.

The 13 elements in the array are:

Element

Description

[0 2]:

(x, y, z) Center of mass (m)

[3]:

Volume (m^3)

[4]:

Surface area (m^2)

[5] :

Mass (kg)

[6]:

momXX (kg*m^2)

[7] :

momYY (kg*m^2)

[8] :

momZZ (kg*m^2)

[9] :

momXY (kg*m^2)

[10]:

momZX (kg*m^2)

[11]:

momYZ (kg*m^2)

[12]:

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See Also

Availability

SolidWorks Document Manager API 2004 FCS


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