This macro shows you how to use inertia to compute product's mass and position of the center of gravity. The macro assumes that a CATProduct has been loaded and that one component is selected.
This image shows the selection state before the use of the macro :
This image shows the result of the macro :
CAASpaInertia is launched in CATIA [1]. A previously opened document is needed.
CAASpaInertia.CATScript is located in the CAAScdDmuUseCases module. Execute macro (Windows only).
CAASpaInertia includes four steps:
Retrieving the selected component
The FindObject
method is used on the Selection
object with the string "CATIAProduct" to retrieve
the selected oProduct (see Product
).
Compute the inertia
GetTechnologicalObject
method, with the string "Inertia", is used to
compute the oInertia object (see Inertia
) related to the oProduct component.
Read the inertia data
The Mass
and GetCOGPosition
methods are used on the oInertia object to read the corresponding
inertia data.
Display the results
The results are displayed in a Msgbox.
