Weight and Volume Tables

Whether you’re designing an aircraft, automobile, or picnic table, weight is key control parameter in a design. V12 introduces a new Bill of Material(BOM) attribute specific for creating a summed weight table. Creating a weight table is based on the designer assigning a material using the Verify : Properties dialog box followed up by applying a weight attribute. With just these two steps, designers can create an accurate Weight table used to explore impacts of material types on design weights.

Highlights of the Weight BOM tool:

Volume:

Precisely calculates the volume of any NURB or analytic based part .

Weight:

Apply a material from a large selection of predefined materials for woods, plastics, and metals. Or add your new material to the list. Provides a total weight value for the objects in the table.

Associative Parts and Tables:

Changing a part size(volume) or applying a different material will automatically update the table for quick design exploration that impact weight calculations.