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GetMassProperties2 Method (ISldWorks)

Gets the mass properties from the specified document for the specified configuration.

.NET Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Function GetMassProperties2( _
   ByVal FilePathName As System.String, _
   ByVal ConfigurationName As System.String, _
   ByVal Accuracy As System.Integer _
) As System.Object
Visual Basic (Usage) 
Dim instance As ISldWorks
Dim FilePathName As System.String
Dim ConfigurationName As System.String
Dim Accuracy As System.Integer
Dim value As System.Object
 
value = instance.GetMassProperties2(FilePathName, ConfigurationName, Accuracy)
C# 
System.object GetMassProperties2( 
   System.string FilePathName,
   System.string ConfigurationName,
   System.int Accuracy
)
C++/CLI 
System.Object^ GetMassProperties2( 
&   System.String^ FilePathName,
&   System.String^ ConfigurationName,
&   System.int Accuracy
) 

Parameters

FilePathName

Document path and file name

ConfigurationName

Name of the configuration to use

Accuracy
  • 0 = as is

  • 1 = default

  • 2 = maximum

Return Value

Array of doubles of size 13; last element is the accuracy at which mass properties are calculated

Example

Remarks

You can get the density of the current SOLIDWORKS part using ISldWorks::GetUserPreferenceDoubleValue and swMaterialPropertyDensity. If the density has not been explicitly set by the user, then SOLIDWORKS uses 1.0. You can also derive the density of the body from the following calculation:

Density = ( Mass / Volume )

Consistent with all other functions, this method returns metric units unless otherwise specified.

If this IModelDoc2 object is an assembly, then any suppressed components are not included in the mass property analysis. See IComponent2::GetSuppression to determine the state of each of the assembly components.

This method returns an empty array if mass properties are not calculated when saving the model. This is a system-level setting and is controlled by ISldWorks::SetUserPreferenceToggle and swUpdateMassPropsDuringSave.

NOTE: The calculated origin for the return values is based on the default coordinate systems of the IModelDoc2, not on the a selected coordinate system.

 

See Also

Availability

SOLIDWORKS 2003 FCS, Revision Number 11.0


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