I was creating a material cost comparison spreadsheet for a
weldment and noticed the spreadsheet calculated weight is 28%
lighter than the Solidworks mass property. The weldment is full of
trimmed features.
I used the SW cutlist lengths in the spreadsheet.
Is SW using the non-trimmed length to calculate the length? If so, then the actual weight and CG of the part will be different than the SW mass property. Yikes!
I used the SW cutlist lengths in the spreadsheet.
Is SW using the non-trimmed length to calculate the length? If so, then the actual weight and CG of the part will be different than the SW mass property. Yikes!