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How to design using the center of gravity/center of mass
mike_phillips329
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Does anyone know of a way to place a mate connector at the center of gravity of an assembly? In other CAD software, such as Creo Parametric, it is possible to create a coordinate system at the center of gravity so you can have a constant visual reference of how design changes effect the center of gravity. I know Onshape must have something similar. I just can't seem to find a way.
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I'd like to know the answer to this also
Hi,
use this Custom Feature.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/f5fee8f3ea87a78348241032/v/1a65269f7bee15e5b354bd56/e/bf1edf08ce234ce26d01d5ad
@rafael_telgmann Aaah! I always searched for "Center of mass", no wonder I didn't find it. Thank you! :0)
i have one called centermate that does it as well
Not sure I yet got the hang of it. It is acting strange in that fileds in the edit box suddenly disappear, unless I want the centroid of the bounding box, which it defaults to, but which I don't usually need. After opening the edit box a second time, or the ' in between' option has once been selected, no more bodies can be selected, for the bodies box is gone. Could you reveal the magic trick?
WWAAI: 'Centermate' is unserachable, like most FS names. We need a valid and strucured FS library. Onshape do you hear me?
Thank you this is most useful
bounding box and centroid will allow you to select bodies. between entities works differently and requires two different things be selected, depending on the mode.