CoCreate OneSpace Designer - Commands Reference Manual

MPPASA subaction

MPPASA measures properties (for example, volume, mass, centroid) of parts and assemblies.

Syntax


            +----------------<----------------------------+
            |                                             |
--(MPPASA)--+--(:PART)-----------|SELECT PART/ASSEMBLY|---+-->--
            |                                             |
            |--(:USER_FRAME)-----|MPFRSA|-----------------+
            |                                             |
            +--(:TOL)--+--(:ROUGH_TOL)----+---------------+
            |          |                  |               |
            +          +--(:PERCENT_TOL)--+               ^
            |                                             |
            +--(:VOLUME)-----+---(:ADVANCED)--------------+
            |                |                            |
            +--(:MASS)-------+                            |
            |                |                            |
            +--(:CENTROID)---+                            |
            |                |                            |
            +--(:INERTIA)----+                            ^
            |                |                            |
            +--(:AREA)-------+                            |
            |                |                            |
            +--(:PRINCIPAL)--+                            |
            |                                             |
            +--(:DENSITY)---------------------------------+
            |                                             |
            +--(:REPORT)----------------------------------+

Options

The following options are available.

:SELECT_PART_ASSEMBLY - specifies the part or assembly.
:TOLERANCE - specifies the tolerance to calculate to.
:ROUGH - specifies a rough value quickly.
:PERCENT - specifies a percentage tolerance.
:VOLUME - specifies a volume to be measured.
:MASS - specifies a mass to be measured.
:CENTROID - measures the center of gravity of a part or assembly.
:INERTIA_TENSOR - measures the inertia of a part or assembly.
:SURFACE_AREA - measures the surface area of a part.
:REPORT - provides a text report of mass properties.

When to use

Use this action to measure the properties of a part or assembly.

Example

The following parameter sequence measures a volume.